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Round turn
(gcide) | Round \Round\, a. [OF. roond, roont, reond, F. rond, fr. L.
rotundus, fr. rota wheel. See Rotary, and cf. Rotund,
roundel, Rundlet.]
1. Having every portion of the surface or of the
circumference equally distant from the center; spherical;
circular; having a form approaching a spherical or a
circular shape; orbicular; globular; as, a round ball.
"The big, round tears." --Shak.
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Upon the firm opacous globe
Of this round world. --Milton.
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2. Having the form of a cylinder; cylindrical; as, the barrel
of a musket is round.
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3. Having a curved outline or form; especially, one like the
arc of a circle or an ellipse, or a portion of the surface
of a sphere; rotund; bulging; protuberant; not angular or
pointed; as, a round arch; round hills. "Their round
haunches gored." --Shak.
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4. Full; complete; not broken; not fractional; approximately
in even units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.; -- said of
numbers.
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Pliny put a round number near the truth, rather than
the fraction. --Arbuthnot.
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5. Not inconsiderable; large; hence, generous; free; as, a
round price.
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Three thousand ducats; 'tis a good round sum.
--Shak.
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Round was their pace at first, but slackened soon.
--Tennyson.
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6. Uttered or emitted with a full tone; as, a round voice; a
round note.
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7. (Phonetics) Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the
lip opening, making the opening more or less round in
shape; rounded; labialized; labial. See Guide to
Pronunciation, [sect] 11.
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8. Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; unqualified; not
mincing; as, a round answer; a round oath. "The round
assertion." --M. Arnold.
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Sir Toby, I must be round with you. --Shak.
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9. Full and smoothly expanded; not defective or abrupt;
finished; polished; -- said of style, or of authors with
reference to their style. [Obs.]
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In his satires Horace is quick, round, and pleasant.
--Peacham.
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10. Complete and consistent; fair; just; -- applied to
conduct.
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Round dealing is the honor of man's nature.
--Bacon.
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At a round rate, rapidly. --Dryden.
In round numbers, approximately in even units, tens,
hundreds, etc.; as, a bin holding 99 or 101 bushels may be
said to hold in round numbers 100 bushels.
Round bodies (Geom.), the sphere right cone, and right
cylinder.
Round clam (Zool.), the quahog.
Round dance one which is danced by couples with a whirling
or revolving motion, as the waltz, polka, etc.
Round game, a game, as of cards, in which each plays on his
own account.
Round hand, a style of penmanship in which the letters are
formed in nearly an upright position, and each separately
distinct; -- distinguished from running hand.
Round robin. [Perhaps F. round round + ruban ribbon.]
(a) A written petition, memorial, remonstrance, protest,
etc., the signatures to which are made in a circle so
as not to indicate who signed first. "No round robins
signed by the whole main deck of the Academy or the
Porch." --De Quincey.
(b) (Zool.) The cigar fish.
Round shot, a solid spherical projectile for ordnance.
Round Table, the table about which sat King Arthur and his
knights. See Knights of the Round Table, under Knight.
Round tower, one of certain lofty circular stone towers,
tapering from the base upward, and usually having a
conical cap or roof, which crowns the summit, -- found
chiefly in Ireland. They are of great antiquity, and vary
in heigh from thirty-five to one hundred and thiry feet.
Round trot, one in which the horse throws out his feet
roundly; a full, brisk, quick trot. --Addison.
Round turn (Naut.), one turn of a rope round a timber, a
belaying pin, etc.
To bring up with a round turn, to stop abruptly. [Colloq.]
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Syn: Circular; spherical; globular; globase; orbicular;
orbed; cylindrical; full; plump; rotund.
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To bring up any one with a round turn
(gcide) | Bring \Bring\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brought; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bringing.] [OE. bringen, AS. bringan; akin to OS. brengian,
D. brengen, Fries. brenga, OHG. bringan, G. bringen, Goth.
briggan.]
1. To convey to the place where the speaker is or is to be;
to bear from a more distant to a nearer place; to fetch.
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And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her,
and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread.
--1 Kings
xvii. 11.
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To France shall we convey you safe,
And bring you back. --Shak.
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2. To cause the accession or obtaining of; to procure; to
make to come; to produce; to draw to.
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There is nothing will bring you more honor . . .
than to do what right in justice you may. --Bacon.
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3. To convey; to move; to carry or conduct.
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In distillation, the water . . . brings over with it
some part of the oil of vitriol. --Sir I.
Newton.
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4. To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
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It seems so preposterous a thing . . . that they do
not easily bring themselves to it. --Locke.
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The nature of the things . . . would not suffer him
to think otherwise, how, or whensoever, he is
brought to reflect on them. --Locke.
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5. To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch; as, what
does coal bring per ton?
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To bring about, to bring to pass; to effect; to accomplish.
To bring back.
(a) To recall.
(b) To restore, as something borrowed, to its owner.
To bring by the lee (Naut.), to incline so rapidly to
leeward of the course, when a ship sails large, as to
bring the lee side suddenly to the windward, any by laying
the sails aback, expose her to danger of upsetting.
To bring down.
(a) To cause to come down.
(b) To humble or abase; as, to bring down high looks.
To bring down the house, to cause tremendous applause.
[Colloq.]
To bring forth.
(a) To produce, as young fruit.
(b) To bring to light; to make manifest.
To bring forward
(a) To exhibit; to introduce; to produce to view.
(b) To hasten; to promote; to forward.
(c) To propose; to adduce; as, to bring forward arguments.
To bring home.
(a) To bring to one's house.
(b) To prove conclusively; as, to bring home a charge of
treason.
(c) To cause one to feel or appreciate by personal
experience.
(d) (Naut.) To lift of its place, as an anchor.
To bring in.
(a) To fetch from without; to import.
(b) To introduce, as a bill in a deliberative assembly.
(c) To return or repot to, or lay before, a court or other
body; to render; as, to bring in a verdict or a
report.
(d) To take to an appointed place of deposit or
collection; as, to bring in provisions or money for a
specified object.
(e) To produce, as income.
(f) To induce to join.
To bring off, to bear or convey away; to clear from
condemnation; to cause to escape.
To bring on.
(a) To cause to begin.
(b) To originate or cause to exist; as, to bring on a
disease.
To bring one on one's way, to accompany, guide, or attend
one.
To bring out, to expose; to detect; to bring to light from
concealment.
To bring over.
(a) To fetch or bear across.
(b) To convert by persuasion or other means; to cause to
change sides or an opinion.
To bring to.
(a) To resuscitate; to bring back to consciousness or
life, as a fainting person.
(b) (Naut.) To check the course of, as of a ship, by
dropping the anchor, or by counterbracing the sails so
as to keep her nearly stationary (she is then said to
lie to).
(c) To cause (a vessel) to lie to, as by firing across her
course.
(d) To apply a rope to the capstan.
To bring to light, to disclose; to discover; to make clear;
to reveal.
To bring a sail to (Naut.), to bend it to the yard.
To bring to pass, to accomplish to effect. "Trust also in
Him; and He shall bring it to pass." --Ps. xxxvii. 5.
To bring under, to subdue; to restrain; to reduce to
obedience.
To bring up.
(a) To carry upward; to nurse; to rear; to educate.
(b) To cause to stop suddenly.
(c)
Note: [v. i. by dropping the reflexive pronoun] To stop
suddenly; to come to a standstill. [Colloq.]
To bring up (any one) with a round turn, to cause (any one)
to stop abruptly. [Colloq.]
To be brought to bed. See under Bed.
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Syn: To fetch; bear; carry; convey; transport; import;
procure; produce; cause; adduce; induce.
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To bring up with a round turn
(gcide) | Round \Round\, a. [OF. roond, roont, reond, F. rond, fr. L.
rotundus, fr. rota wheel. See Rotary, and cf. Rotund,
roundel, Rundlet.]
1. Having every portion of the surface or of the
circumference equally distant from the center; spherical;
circular; having a form approaching a spherical or a
circular shape; orbicular; globular; as, a round ball.
"The big, round tears." --Shak.
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Upon the firm opacous globe
Of this round world. --Milton.
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2. Having the form of a cylinder; cylindrical; as, the barrel
of a musket is round.
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3. Having a curved outline or form; especially, one like the
arc of a circle or an ellipse, or a portion of the surface
of a sphere; rotund; bulging; protuberant; not angular or
pointed; as, a round arch; round hills. "Their round
haunches gored." --Shak.
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4. Full; complete; not broken; not fractional; approximately
in even units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.; -- said of
numbers.
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Pliny put a round number near the truth, rather than
the fraction. --Arbuthnot.
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5. Not inconsiderable; large; hence, generous; free; as, a
round price.
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Three thousand ducats; 'tis a good round sum.
--Shak.
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Round was their pace at first, but slackened soon.
--Tennyson.
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6. Uttered or emitted with a full tone; as, a round voice; a
round note.
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7. (Phonetics) Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the
lip opening, making the opening more or less round in
shape; rounded; labialized; labial. See Guide to
Pronunciation, [sect] 11.
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8. Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; unqualified; not
mincing; as, a round answer; a round oath. "The round
assertion." --M. Arnold.
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Sir Toby, I must be round with you. --Shak.
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9. Full and smoothly expanded; not defective or abrupt;
finished; polished; -- said of style, or of authors with
reference to their style. [Obs.]
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In his satires Horace is quick, round, and pleasant.
--Peacham.
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10. Complete and consistent; fair; just; -- applied to
conduct.
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Round dealing is the honor of man's nature.
--Bacon.
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At a round rate, rapidly. --Dryden.
In round numbers, approximately in even units, tens,
hundreds, etc.; as, a bin holding 99 or 101 bushels may be
said to hold in round numbers 100 bushels.
Round bodies (Geom.), the sphere right cone, and right
cylinder.
Round clam (Zool.), the quahog.
Round dance one which is danced by couples with a whirling
or revolving motion, as the waltz, polka, etc.
Round game, a game, as of cards, in which each plays on his
own account.
Round hand, a style of penmanship in which the letters are
formed in nearly an upright position, and each separately
distinct; -- distinguished from running hand.
Round robin. [Perhaps F. round round + ruban ribbon.]
(a) A written petition, memorial, remonstrance, protest,
etc., the signatures to which are made in a circle so
as not to indicate who signed first. "No round robins
signed by the whole main deck of the Academy or the
Porch." --De Quincey.
(b) (Zool.) The cigar fish.
Round shot, a solid spherical projectile for ordnance.
Round Table, the table about which sat King Arthur and his
knights. See Knights of the Round Table, under Knight.
Round tower, one of certain lofty circular stone towers,
tapering from the base upward, and usually having a
conical cap or roof, which crowns the summit, -- found
chiefly in Ireland. They are of great antiquity, and vary
in heigh from thirty-five to one hundred and thiry feet.
Round trot, one in which the horse throws out his feet
roundly; a full, brisk, quick trot. --Addison.
Round turn (Naut.), one turn of a rope round a timber, a
belaying pin, etc.
To bring up with a round turn, to stop abruptly. [Colloq.]
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Syn: Circular; spherical; globular; globase; orbicular;
orbed; cylindrical; full; plump; rotund.
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