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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Round \Round\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rounded}; p. pr & vb n.
{Rounding}.]
1. To make circular, spherical, or cylindrical; to give a
round or convex figure to as to round a silver coin; to
round the edges of anything
Worms with many feet, which round themselves into
balls, are bred chiefly under logs of timber.
--Bacon.
The figures on our modern medals are raised and
rounded to a very great perfection. --Addison.
2. To surround; to encircle; to encompass.
The inclusive verge Of golden metal that must round
my brow. --Shak.
3. To bring to fullness or completeness; to complete; hence
to bring to a fit conclusion.
We are such stuff As dreams are made on and our
little life Is rounded with a sleep. --Shak.
4. To go round wholly or in part to go about (a corner or
point); as to round a corner; to round Cape Horn.
5. To make full, smooth, and flowing; as to round periods in
writing. --Swift.
{To round in} (Naut.) To haul up usually, to haul the slack
of (a rope) through its leading block, or to haul up (a
tackle which hangs loose) by its fall. --Totten.
b To collect together (cattle) by riding around them as
on cattle ranches
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rounding \Round"ing\, a.
Round or nearly round; becoming round; roundish.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rounding \Round"ing\, n.
1. (Naut.) Small rope, or strands of rope, or spun yarn,
wound round a rope to keep it from chafing; -- called also
{service}.
2. (Phonetics) Modifying a speech sound by contraction of the
lip opening; labializing; labialization. See Guide to
Pronunciation, [sect] 11.
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