Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter R - Page 80
Rought () imp. of Reach.
Rought () imp. of Reck, to care. -- Chaucer.
Roughtail (n.) (Zool.) 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. -- Moxon.
Roughwrought (a.) Wrought in a rough, unfinished way; worked over coarsely.
Compare: Roke
Roke (n.) [See Reek.] Mist; smoke; damp [Prov. Eng.] [Written also roak, rook, and rouk.]
Roke (n.) A vein of ore. [Pov.Eng.] -- Halliwell. Rokeage
Rouk (v. i.) See 5th Ruck, and Roke. [Obs.]
Roulade (n.) [F.] (Mus.) A smoothly running passage of short notes (as semiquavers, or sixteenths) uniformly grouped, sung upon one long syllable, as in Handel's oratorios.
Roulade (n.) A dish consisting of a slice of meat that is rolled around a filling and cooked.
Roulade (n.) (Music) An elaborate run of several notes sung to one syllable.
Rouleaux (n. pl. ) of Rouleau.
Rouleaus (n. 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.) (Fine Arts) A small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a plate in order to order to produce rows of dots.
Roulette (n.) (Fine Arts) A similar wheel used to roughen the surface of a plate, as in making alterations in a mezzotint.
Roulette (n.) (Geom.) 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.
Roulette (n.) A small toothed wheel used to make short incisions in paper, as a sheet of postage stamps to facilitate their separation.
Roulette (n.) A line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure [syn: roulette, line roulette].
Roulette (n.) A wheel with teeth for making a row of perforations [syn: roulette, toothed wheel].
Roulette (n.) A gambling game in which players bet on which compartment of a revolving wheel a small ball will come to rest in.
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
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. [obs.] -- 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.
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. "The big, round tears." -- Shak.
Upon the firm opacous globe Of this round world. -- Milton.
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. "Their round
haunches gored." -- Shak.
Round (a.) Full; complete; not broken; not fractional; approximately in even units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.; -- said of numbers.
Pliny put a round number near the truth, rather than the fraction. -- Arbuthnot.
Round (a.) Not inconsiderable; large; hence, generous; free; as, a round price.
Three thousand ducats; 'tis a good round sum. -- Shak.
Round was their pace at first, but slackened soon. -- Tennyson.
Round (a.) Uttered or emitted with a full tone; as, a round voice; a round note.
Round (a.) (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.
Round (a.) Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; unqualified; not mincing; as, a round answer; a round oath. "The round assertion." -- M. Arnold.
Sir Toby, I must be round with you. -- Shak.
Round (a.) Full and smoothly expanded; not defective or abrupt; finished; polished; -- said of style, or of authors with reference to their style. [Obs.]
In his satires Horace is quick, round, and pleasant. -- Peacham.
Round (a.) Complete and consistent; fair; just; -- applied to conduct.
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 (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.
Round robin (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.]
Syn: Circular; spherical; globular; globase; orbicular; orbed; cylindrical; full; plump; rotund.
Round (n.) Anything round, as a circle, a globe, a ring. "The golden round" [the crown]. -- Shak.
In labyrinth of many a round self-rolled. -- Milton.
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.) Hence: 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 series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.
The trivial round, the common task. -- Keble.
Round (n.) Hence: (Mining, Tunneling) One work cycle, consisting of drilling blast holes, loading them with explosive, blasting, mucking out, and, if necessary, installing temporary support.
. . . Inco is still much more advanced than other mining companies. He says that the LKAB mine in Sweden is the closest rival. He predicts that, by 2008, Inco can reach a new productivity plateau, doubling the current mining productivity from 3,350 tonnes to 6,350 tonnes per person per year. Another aim is to triple the mine cycle rate (the time to drill, blast and muck a round) from one cycle to three complete cycles per 24 hours.
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.
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.
Round (n.) Hence: A complete set of plays in a game or contest covering a standard number of individual plays or parts; as, a round of golf; a round of tennis.
Round (n.) Hence: One set of games in a tournament.
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 circular dance.
Come, knit hands, and beat the ground, In a light fantastic round. -- Milton.
Round (n.) That which goes round a whole circle or company; as, a round of applause.
Round (n.) Rotation, as in office; succession. -- Holyday.
Round (n.) The step of a ladder; a rundle or rung; also, a crosspiece which joins and braces the legs of a chair.
All the rounds like Jacob's ladder rise. -- Dryden.
Round (n.) (Mil.) 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.) (Mil.) A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.
Round (n.) (Mil.) One piece of ammunition for a firearm, used by discharging one piece at a time; as, each soldier carried a hundred rounds of ammunition.
Round (n.) (Mus.) 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.) A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
Round (n.) A vessel filled, as for drinking; as, to drink a round od ale together. [R.]
Round (n.) An assembly; a group; a circle; as, a round of politicians. -- Addison.
Round (n.) (Naut.) See Roundtop.
Round (n.) Same as Round of beef, below.
Gentlemen of the round. (a) Gentlemen soldiers of low rank who made the rounds. See 10 (a), above.
Gentlemen of the round. (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 (adv.) On all sides; around.
Round he throws his baleful eyes. -- Milton.
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.
The invitations were sent round accordingly. -- Sir W. Scott.
Round (adv.) Roundly; fully; vigorously. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
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.
To bring one round. (b) To restore one to health. [Colloq.]
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.
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.]
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.
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.
Round (v. t.) To surround; to encircle; to encompass.
The inclusive verge Of golden metal that must round my brow. -- Shak.
Round (v. t.) 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.
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. -- 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.
To round in (Naut.) (b) To collect together (cattle) by riding around them, as on cattle ranches. [Western U.S.]
Round (v. i.) To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
The queen your mother rounds apace. -- Shak.
So rounds he to a separate mind, From whence clear memory may begin. -- Tennyson.
Round (v. i.) To go round, as a guard. [Poetic]
They . . . nightly rounding walk. -- Milton.
Round (v. i.) To go or turn round; to wheel about. -- Tennyson.
To
round to
(Naut.), To turn the head of a ship toward the wind.
Round (adv.) From beginning to end; throughout; "It rains
all year round on Skye"; "frigid weather the year around"
[syn: round, around].
Round (a.) Having a circular shape [syn: round, circular] [ant: square].
Round (a.) (Of sounds) Full and rich; "orotund tones"; "the rotund and reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels" [syn: orotund, rotund, round, pear-shaped].
Round (a.) (Mathematics) Expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand; "in round numbers."
Round (n.) A charge of ammunition for a single shot [syn: round, unit of ammunition, one shot].
Round (n.) An interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs; "the never-ending cycle of the seasons" [syn: cycle, rhythm, round].
Round (n.) A regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name" [syn: beat, round].
Round (n.) (Often plural) A series of professional calls (usually in a set order); "the doctor goes on his rounds first thing every morning"; "the postman's rounds"; "we enjoyed our round of the local bars."
Round (n.) The activity of playing 18 holes of golf; "a round of golf takes about 4 hours" [syn: round of golf, round].
Round (n.) The usual activities in your day; "the doctor made his rounds" [syn: round, daily round].
Round (n.) (Sports) A division during which one team is on the offensive [syn: turn, bout, round].
Round (n.) The course along which communications spread; "the story is going the rounds in Washington."
Round (n.) A serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic); "he ordered a second round" [syn: round, round of drinks].
Round (n.) A cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg.
Round (n.) A partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time; "they enjoyed singing rounds" [syn: round, troll].
Round (n.) An outburst of applause; "there was a round of applause."
Round (n.) A crosspiece between the legs of a chair [syn: rung, round, stave].
Round (n.) Any circular or rotating mechanism; "the machine punched out metal circles" [syn: circle, round].
Round (v.) Wind around; move along a circular course; "round the bend."
Round (v.) Make round; "round the edges" [syn: round, round out, round off].
Round (v.) Pronounce with rounded lips [syn: round, labialize, labialise].
Round (v.) Attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker" [syn: attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault].
Round (v.) Bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners" [syn: polish, round, round off, polish up, brush up].
Round (v.) Express as a round number; "round off the amount" [syn: round off, round down, round out, round].
Round (v.) Become round, plump, or shapely; "The young woman is fleshing out" [syn: round, flesh out, fill out].
Roundabout (a.) 繞道的；（說話，做事等）繞圈子的，不直截了當的；圓滾滾的；胖嘟嘟的；（外衣）下襬圓的 Circuitous; going round; indirect; as, roundabout speech.
We have taken a terrible roundabout road. --Burke.
Roundabout (a.) Encircling; enveloping; comprehensive. "Large, sound, roundabout sense." -- Locke.
Roundabout (n.) 【英】繞道；繞行路線；繞圈子的話；迂迴說法；【美】（尤指十九世紀男用）緊身短上衣 A large horizontal wheel or frame, commonly with wooden horses, etc., on which children ride; a merry-go-round; a carousel. [British] -- Smart.
Roundabout (n.) A dance performed in a circle. -- Goldsmith.
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. -- Cowper.
Roundabout (n.) A {traffic circle}. [Chiefly British]
Roundabout (a.) Marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct; "the explanation was circuitous and puzzling"; "a roundabout paragraph"; "hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend" [syn: {circuitous}, {roundabout}].
Roundabout (a.) Deviating from a straight course; "a scenic but devious route"; "a long and circuitous journey by train and boat"; "a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic" [syn: {devious}, {circuitous}, {roundabout}].
Roundabout (n.) A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island; "the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary" [syn: {traffic circle}, {circle}, {rotary}, {roundabout}].
Roundabout (n.) A large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement [syn: {carousel}, {carrousel}, {merry-go-round}, {roundabout}, {whirligig}].
Roundaboutness (n.) 迂迴；環繞 The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness.
Round-arm (a.) (Cricket) Applied to the method delivering the ball in bowling, by swinging the arm horizontally. -- R. A. Proctor.
Round-arm (adv.) With an outward or horizontal swing of the arm; "he hit the ball round-arm."
Round-arm (a.) With the arm swung round at shoulder height; "round-arm bowling."
Round-backed (a.) Having a round back or shoulders; round-shouldered.
Round-backed (a.) Having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; "a little oldish misshapen stooping woman" [syn: hunched, round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping, crooked]
Rounded (a.) (Phonetics) Modified by contraction of the lip opening; labialized; labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect] 11.
Rounded (a.) Curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged; "low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders" [ant: angular, angulate].
Roundel (n.) (Mus.) A rondelay. "Sung all the roundel lustily." -- Chaucer.
Come, now a roundel and a fairy song. -- Shak.
Roundel (n.) Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle.
The Spaniards, casting themselves into roundels, . . . made a flying march to Calais. -- Bacon. Specifically:
Roundel (n.) A small circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
Roundel (n.) (Her.) A circular spot; a sharge in the form of a small circle.
Roundel (n.) (Fort.) A bastion of a circular form.
Roundel (n.) English form of rondeau having three triplets with a refrain after the first and third.
Roundel (n.) Round piece of armor plate that protects the armpit.
Roundel (n.) (Heraldry) A charge in the shape of a circle; "a hollow roundel" [syn: annulet, roundel].
Roundelay (n.) (Poetry) See Rondeau, and Rondel.
Roundelay (n.) (Mus.) A tune in which a simple strain is often repeated; a simple rural strain which is short and lively. -- Spenser. -- Tennyson.
Roundelay (n.) (Mus.) 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.) pl. An English game somewhat resembling baseball; also, another English game resembling the game of fives, but played with a football.
Now we play rounders, and then we played prisoner's base. -- Bagehot.
Rounder (n.) A dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained [syn: libertine, debauchee, rounder].
Rounder (n.) A tool for rounding corners or edges.
Roundfish (n.) (Zool.) Any ordinary market fish, exclusive of flounders, sole, halibut, and other flatfishes.
Roundfish (n.) (Zool.) A lake whitefish ({Coregonus quadrilateralis), less compressed than the common species. It is very abundant in British America and Alaska.
Roundhead (n.) (Eng. Hist.) A nickname for a Puritan. See Roundheads, the, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. -- Toone.
Roundhead (n.) A brachycephalic person.
Roundhead (n.) A supporter of parliament and Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil War.
Roundhead, (n.) A member of the Parliamentarian party in the English civil war -- so called from his habit of wearing his hair short, whereas his enemy, the Cavalier, wore his long. There were other points of difference between them, but the fashion in hair was the fundamental cause of quarrel. The Cavaliers were royalists because the king, an indolent fellow, found it more convenient to let his hair grow than to wash his neck. This the Roundheads, who were mostly barbers and soap-boilers, deemed an injury to trade, and the royal neck was therefore the object of their particular indignation. Descendants of the belligerents now wear their hair all alike, but the fires of animosity enkindled in that ancient strife smoulder to this day beneath the snows of British civility.
Roundheaded (a.) Having a round head or top.
Roundheaded (a.) Having a brachycephalic head [syn: broad-headed, roundheaded, short-headed].
Roundhouse (n.) A constable's prison; a lockup, watch-house, or station house. [Obs.]
Roundhouse (n.) (Naut.) A cabin or apartament on the after part of the quarter-deck, having the poop for its roof; -- sometimes called the coach.
Roundhouse (n.) (Naut.) A privy near the bow of the vessel.
Roundhouse (n.) A house for locomotive engines, built circularly around a turntable.
Roundhouse (n.) Workplace consisting of a circular building for repairing locomotives.
Roundhouse (n.) A hook delivered with an exaggerated swing.
Rounding (a.) Round or nearly round; becoming round; roundish.