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One who sails round. W. Guthrie.

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  • ROUNDWORM
    A nematoid worm.
  • ROUNDISH
    Somewhat round; as, a roundish seed; a roundish figure. -- Round"ish*ness, n.
  • ROUNDABOUTNESS
    The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness.
  • ROUNDFISH
    Any ordinary market fish, exclusive of flounders, sole, halibut, and other flatfishes. A lake whitefish , less compressed than the common species. It is very abundant in British America and Alaska.
  • ROUND-UP
    The act of collecting or gathering together scattered cattle by riding around them and driving them in.
  • ROUNDSMAN
    A patrolman; also, a policeman who acts as an inspector over the rounds of the patrolmen.
  • ROUNDHEADED
    Having a round head or top.
  • ROUNDHEAD
    A nickname for a Puritan. See Roundheads, the, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. Toone.
  • ROUND
    To whisper. Shak. Holland. The Bishop of Glasgow rounding in his ear, "Ye are not a wise man," . . . he rounded likewise to the bishop, and said, "Wherefore brought ye me here" Calderwood.
  • ROUNDURE
    Roundness; a round or circle. Shak.
  • ROUNDEL
    A rondelay. "Sung all the roundel lustily." Chaucer. Come, now a roundel and a fairy song. Shak. 2. Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle. The Spaniards, casting themselves into roundels, . . . made a flying march to Calais. Bacon.
  • ROUNDNESS
    1. The quality or state of being round in shape; as, the roundness of the globe, of the orb of the sun, of a ball, of a bowl, a column, etc. 2. Fullness; smoothness of flow; as, the roundness of a period; the roundness of a note; roundness of tone.
  • ROUNDED
    Modified by contraction of the lip opening; labialized; labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, § 11.
  • ROUNDLY
    1. In a round form or manner. 2. Openly; boldly; peremptorily; plumply. He affirms everything roundly. Addison. 3. Briskly; with speed. locke. Two of the outlaws walked roundly forward. Sir W. Scott. 4. Completely; vigorously; in earnest. Shak.
  • ROUNDING
    Round or nearly round; becoming round; roundish.
  • ROUND-SHOULDERED
    Having the shoulders stooping or projecting; round-backed.
  • ROUNDTOP
    A top; a platform at a masthead; -- so called because formerly round in shape.
  • ROUNDRIDGE
    To form into round ridges by plowing. B. Edwards.
  • ROUNDELAY
    See ROUNDEL
  • ROUNDY
    Round. Sir P. Sidney.
  • MISGROUND
    To found erroneously. "Misgrounded conceit." Bp. Hall.
  • UNDERGROUND INSURANCE
    Wildcat insurance.
  • GROUNDWORK
    That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. Dryden.
  • PLAYGROUND
    A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school.
  • GROUNDEN
    p. p. of Grind. Chaucer.
  • QUARTER ROUND
    An ovolo.
  • FOREGROUND
    On a painting, and sometimes in a bas-relief, mosaic picture, or the like, that part of the scene represented, which is nearest to the spectator, and therefore occupies the lowest part of the work of art itself. Cf. Distance, n., 6.
  • GROUNDNUT
    The fruit of the Arachis hypogæa ; the peanut; the earthnut. A leguminous, twining plant , producing clusters of dark purple flowers and having a root tuberous and pleasant to the taste. The dwarf ginseng . Gray. A European plant of the genus
  • ENROUND
    To surround. Shak.
  • GROUNDLESS
    Without ground or foundation; wanting cause or reason for support; not authorized; false; as, groundless fear; a groundless report or assertion. -- Ground"less*ly, adv. -- Ground"less*ness, n.
  • BACKGROUND
    The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait or group of figures. Note: The distance in a picture is usually divided into foreground, middle distance, and background. Fairholt. 3. Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had
  • UNDERGROUND
    The place or space beneath the surface of the ground; subterranean space. A spirit raised from depth of underground. Shak.
  • MIDDLE-GROUND
    That part of a picture between the foreground and the background.

 

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