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.

Upon the firm opacous globe
Of this round world. Milton.

Pliny put a round number near the truth, rather than the fraction. Arbuthnot.

Three thousand ducats; 'tis a good round sum. Shak.

Round was their pace at first, but slackened soon. Tennyson.

Sir Toby, I must be round with you. Shak.

In his satires Horace is quick, round, and pleasant. Peacham.

Round dealing is the honor of man's nature. Bacon.

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 (Zoöl.), 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) (Zoöl.) 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.]

Syn. -- Circular; spherical; globular; globase; orbicular; orbed; cylindrical; full; plump; rotund.

In labyrinth of many a round self- rolled. Milton.

Women to cards may be compared: we play
A round or two; which used, we throw away. Granville.

The feast was served; the bowl was crowned;
To the king's pleasure went the mirthful round. Prior.

the trivial round, the common task. Keble.

Come, knit hands, and beat the ground,
In a light fantastic round. Milton.

All the rounds like Jacob's ladder rise. Dryden.

Gentlemen of the round. (a) Gentlemen soldiers of low rank who made the rounds. See 10 (a), above. (b) Disbanded soldiers who lived by begging. [Obs.]

Worm-eaten gentlemen of the round, such as have vowed to sit on the skirts of the city, let your provost and his half dozen of halberdiers do what they can. B. Jonson.

-- Round of beef, the part of the thigh below the aitchbone, or between the rump and the leg. See Illust. of beef. -- Round steak, a beefsteak cut from the round. -- Sculpture in the round, sculpture giving the full form, as of man; statuary, distinguished from relief.

Round he throws his baleful eyes. Milton.

The invitations were sent round accordingly. Sir W. Scott.

All round, over the whole place; in every direction. -- All-round, of general capacity; as, an all-round man. [Colloq.] -- To bring one round. (a) To cause one to change his opinions or line of conduct. (b) To restore one to health. [Colloq.]

The serpent Error twines round human hearts. Cowper.

Round about, an emphatic form for round or about. "Moses . . . set them [The elders] round about the tabernacle." Num. xi. 24. -- To come round, to gain the consent of, or circumvent, (a person) by flattery or deception. [Colloq.]

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.

The inclusive verge
Of golden metal that must round my brow. Shak.

We are such stuff
As dreams are made on, and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep. Shak.

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. [Western U.S.]

The queen your mother rounds apace. Shak.

So rounds he to a separate mind,
From whence clear memory may begin. Tennyson.

They . . . nightly rounding walk. Milton.

To round to (Naut.), to turn the head of a ship toward the wind.