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.
Round (?), n. 1. Anything round, as a circle, a globe, a ring. "The
golden round" [the crown]. Shak.
In labyrinth of many a round self- rolled.
Milton.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and
then repeated.
the trivial round, the common task.
Keble.