Rought () imp. of Reach.
Rought () imp. of Reck, to care.
Roughtail (n.) Any species of small ground snakes of the family Uropeltidae; -- so called from their rough tails.
Roughwork (v. t.) To work over coarsely, without regard to nicety, smoothness, or finish.
Roughwrought (a.) Wrought in a rough, unfinished way; worked over coarsely.
Rouk (v. i.) See 5th Ruck, and Roke.
Roulade (n.) A smoothly running passage of short notes (as semiquavers, or sixteenths) uniformly grouped, sung upon one long syllable, as in Handel's oratorios.
Rouleaux (pl. ) of Rouleau
Rouleaus (pl. ) of Rouleau
Rouleau (n.) A little roll; a roll of coins put up in paper, or something resembling such a roll.
Roulette (n.) A game of chance, in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered red and black spaces, the one on which it stops indicating the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game.
Roulette (n.) A small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a plate in order to order to produce rows of dots.
Roulette (n.) A similar wheel used to roughen the surface of a plate, as in making alterations in a mezzotint.
Roulette (n.) the curve traced by any point in the plane of a given curve when the latter rolls, without sliding, over another fixed curve. See Cycloid, and Epycycloid.
Rouly-pouly (n.) See Rolly-pooly.
Roun (v. i. & t.) Alt. of Rown
Rown (v. i. & t.) To whisper.
Rounce (n.) The handle by which the bed of a hand press, holding the form of type, etc., is run in under the platen and out again; -- sometimes applied to the whole apparatus by which the form is moved under the platen.
Rounceval (a.) Large; strong; -- from the gigantic bones shown at Roncesvalles, and alleged to be those of old heroes.
Rounceval (n.) A giant; anything large; a kind of pea called also marrowfat.
Rouncy (n.) A common hackney horse; a nag.
Round (v. i. & t.) To whisper.
Round (a.) 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.
Round (a.) Having the form of a cylinder; cylindrical; as, the barrel of a musket is round.
Round (a.) 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.
Round (a.) Full; complete; not broken; not fractional; approximately in even units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.; -- said of numbers.
Round (a.) Not inconsiderable; large; hence, generous; free; as, a round price.
Round (a.) Uttered or emitted with a full tone; as, a round voice; a round note.
Round (a.) 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, / 11.
Round (a.) Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; unqualified; not mincing; as, a round answer; a round oath.
Round (a.) Full and smoothly expanded; not defective or abrupt; finished; polished; -- said of style, or of authors with reference to their style.
Round (a.) Complete and consistent; fair; just; -- applied to conduct.
Round (n.) Anything round, as a circle, a globe, a ring. "The golden round" [the crown].
Round (n.) A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution; as, the round of the seasons; a round of pleasures.
Round (n.) A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.
Round (n.) A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.
Round (n.) A circular dance.
Round (n.) That which goes round a whole circle or company; as, a round of applause.
Round (n.) Rotation, as in office; succession.
Round (n.) The step of a ladder; a rundle or rung; also, a crosspiece which joins and braces the legs of a chair.
Round (n.) A course ending where it began; a circuit; a beat; especially, one freguently or regulary traversed; also, the act of traversing a circuit; as, a watchman's round; the rounds of the postman.
Round (n.) A walk performed by a guard or an officer round the rampart of a garrison, or among sentinels, to see that the sentinels are faithful and all things safe; also, the guard or officer, with his attendants, who performs this duty; -- usually in the plural.
Round (n.) A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.
Round (n.) Ammunition for discharging a piece or pieces once; as, twenty rounds of ammunition were given out.
Round (n.) A short vocal piece, resembling a catch in which three or four voices follow each other round in a species of canon in the unison.
Round (n.) The time during which prize fighters or boxers are in actual contest without an intermission, as prescribed by their rules; a bout.
Round (n.) A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
Round (n.) A vessel filled, as for drinking.
Round (n.) An assembly; a group; a circle; as, a round of politicians.
Round (n.) See Roundtop.
Round (n.) Same as Round of beef, below.
Round (adv.) On all sides; around.
Round (adv.) Circularly; in a circular form or manner; by revolving or reversing one's position; as, to turn one's head round; a wheel turns round.
Round (adv.) In circumference; as, a ball is ten inches round.
Round (adv.) From one side or party to another; as to come or turn round, -- that is, to change sides or opinions.
Round (adv.) By or in a circuit; by a course longer than the direct course; back to the starting point.
Round (adv.) Through a circle, as of friends or houses.
Round (adv.) Roundly; fully; vigorously.
Round (prep.) On every side of, so as to encompass or encircle; around; about; as, the people atood round him; to go round the city; to wind a cable round a windlass.
Rounded (imp. & p. p.) of Round
Rounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Round
Round (v. t.) 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.
Round (v. t.) To surround; to encircle; to encompass.
Round (v. t.) To bring to fullness or completeness; to complete; hence, to bring to a fit conclusion.
Round (v. t.) To go round wholly or in part; to go about (a corner or point); as, to round a corner; to round Cape Horn.
Round (v. t.) To make full, smooth, and flowing; as, to round periods in writing.
Round (v. i.) To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
Round (v. i.) To go round, as a guard.
Round (v. i.) To go or turn round; to wheel about.
Roundabout (a.) Circuitous; going round; indirect; as, roundabout speech.
Roundabout (a.) Encircling; enveloping; comprehensive.
Roundabout (n.) A horizontal wheel or frame, commonly with wooden horses, etc., on which children ride; a merry-go-round.
Roundabout (n.) A dance performed in a circle.
Roundabout (n.) A short, close jacket worn by boys, sailors, etc.
Roundabout (n.) A state or scene of constant change, or of recurring labor and vicissitude.
Roundaboutness (n.) The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness.
Round-arm (a.) Applied to the method delivering the ball in bowling, by swinging the arm horizontally.
Round-backed (a.) Having a round back or shoulders; round-shouldered.
Rounded (a.) Modified by contraction of the lip opening; labialized; labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 11.
Roundel (a.) A rondelay.
Roundel (a.) Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle.
Roundel (a.) A small circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
Roundel (a.) A circular spot; a sharge in the form of a small circle.
Roundel (a.) A bastion of a circular form.
Roundelay (n.) See Rondeau, and Rondel.
Roundelay (n.) A tune in which a simple strain is often repeated; a simple rural strain which is short and lively.
Roundelay (n.) A dance in a circle.
Roundelay (n.) Anything having a round form; a roundel.
Rounder (n.) One who rounds; one who comes about frequently or regularly.
Rounder (n.) A tool for making an edge or surface round.
Rounder (n.) An English game somewhat resembling baseball; also, another English game resembling the game of fives, but played with a football.
Roundfish (n.) Any ordinary market fish, exclusive of flounders, sole, halibut, and other flatfishes.
Roundfish (n.) A lake whitefish (Coregonus quadrilateralis), less compressed than the common species. It is very abundant in British America and Alaska.
Roundhead (n.) A nickname for a Puritan. See Roundheads, the, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
Roundheaded (a.) Having a round head or top.
Roundhouse (n.) A constable's prison; a lockup, watch-house, or station house.
Roundhouse (n.) A cabin or apartament on the after part of the quarter-deck, having the poop for its roof; -- sometimes called the coach.
Roundhouse (n.) A privy near the bow of the vessel.
Roundhouse (n.) A house for locomotive engines, built circularly around a turntable.
Rounding (a.) Round or nearly round; becoming round; roundish.