he rode upon a rouncy as he could.
Chaucer.
Round (?), v. i. & t. [From Roun.] 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. [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.
Upon the firm opacous globe Of this round world.
Milton.
2. Having the form of a cylinder; cylindrical; as, the barrel of a
musket is round.
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.
4. 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.