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• About

  ·adv On all sides; around. II. About ·prep Around; all round; on every side of. III. About ·prep I...

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• about

  Circularly; the situation of a ship after she has gone round, and trimmed sails on the opposite tack...

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• Round

  ·noun A circular dance. II. Round ·adv On all sides; around. III. Round ·vi To go round, as a guar...

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• round

  v. trans. contraction of the verb to round-up, to bring a scattered herd together; used inall grazi...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• round

  'To come or get round one,' in popular language, is to gain advantage over one by flattery or decept...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• round

  ♦ To bear round up. To go before the wind. ♦ To round a point, is to steer clear of and go round i...

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• About-sledge

  ·noun The largest hammer used by smiths. ...

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• Right-about

  ·noun A turning directly about by the right, so as to face in the opposite direction; also, the quar...

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• run-about

  n. and adj. Run-abouts are cattle left to graze at will,and the runabout – yard is the enclosure fo...

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• About dictionary

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett. (Ed. 1848) Ver. 1.0 (red. 19.12....

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• nighest-about

  the nearest way. N. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• bobbing about

  Heaving and setting without making any way. ...

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• flying about

  Synonymous with chop-about (which see). ...

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• going about

  Tacking ship. ...

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• put about

  Go on the other tack. ...

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• ready about!

  or ready oh! The order to prepare for tacking, each man to his station. (See about.) ...

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• Quarter round

  ·- An <<Ovolo>>. ...

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• Round-arm

  ·adj Applied to the method delivering the ball in bowling, by swinging the arm horizontally. ...

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• Round-backed

  ·adj Having a round back or shoulders; round-shouldered. ...

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• Round-shouldered

  ·adj Having the shoulders stooping or projecting; round-backed. ...

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• Round-up

  ·add. ·noun A gathering in of scattered persons or things; as, s round-up of criminals. II. Round-u...

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• Round Court

  1) In Blackfriars (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. 2) South out of Bethlem t...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• round dealing

  Plain, honest dealing. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• round robin

  A mode of signing remonstrances practised by sailors on board the king's ships, wherein their names ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• round sum

  A considerable sum. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• round mouth

  The fundament. Brother round mouth, speaks; he has let a fart. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• round yam

  n. i.q. Burdekin Vine.See under vine. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• yam, round

  n. i.q. Burdekin Vine, under vine. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• to knock round

  To go about. I'm going to New York and Boston, and all about thar, and spend the summer until picki...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• round-rimmers

  Hats with a round rim; hence, those who wear them. In the city of New York, a name applied to a larg...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• haul round

  Said when the wind is gradually shifting towards any particular point of the compass. Edging round a...

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• luff round

  , or luff a-lee. The extreme of the movement, by which it is intended to throw the ship's head up ...

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• round-aft

  The outward curve or segment of a circle, that the stern partakes of from the wing transom upwards. ...

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• round dozen

  A punishment term for thirteen lashes. ...

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• round-house

  A name given in East Indiamen and other large merchant ships, to square cabins built on the after-pa...

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• round-ribbed

  A vessel of burden with very little run, and a flattish bottom, the ribs sometimes almost joining th...

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• round robbin

  [from the French ruban rond]. A mode of signing names in a circular form, after a complaint or remon...

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• round seam

  The edges or selvedges sewed together, without lapping. ...

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• round seizing

  This is made by a series of turns, with the end passed through the riders, and made fast snugly. In ...

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• round shot

  The cast-iron balls fitting the bores of their respective guns, as distinguished from grape or other...

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• round splice

  One which hardly shows itself, from the neatness of the rope and the skill of the splicer. Properly ...

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• round stern

  The segmental stern, the bottom and wales of which are wrought quite aft, and unite in the stern-pos...

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• round-top

  A name which has obtained for modern tops, from the shape of the ancient ones. (See top.) ...

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• chop-about, to

  Is applied to the wind when it varies and changes suddenly, and at short intervals of time. ...

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• heave about, to

  To go upon the other tack suddenly. ...

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• Merry-go-round

  ·noun Any revolving contrivance for affording amusement; ·esp., a ring of flying hobbyhorses. ...

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• Round Hoop Court

  In Whitecross Street, Cripplegate (Strype, ed. I 755-Boyle, 1799). !!!!Round Hope Court in Strype. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• shod all round

  A parson who attends a funeral is said to be shod all round, when he receives a hat-band, gloves, an...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• pay round, to

  To turn the ship's head. ...

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• round and grape

  A phrase used when a gun is charged at close quarters with round shot, grape, and canister; termed a...

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• round-in, to

  To haul in on a fall; the act of pulling upon any slack rope which passes through one or more blocks...

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• round the fleet

  A diabolical punishment, by which a man, lashed to a frame on a long-boat, was towed alongside of ev...

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• round-to, to

  To bring to, or haul to the wind by means of the helm. To go round, is to tack or wear. ...

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• clear for going about

  Every man to his station, and every rope an-end. ...

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• rings, to run round

  : to beat out and out. Apicturesque bit of Australian slang. One runner runs straightto the goal, th...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• round-turn in the hawse

  A term implying the situation of the two cables of a ship, which, when moored, has swung the wrong w...

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• round up of the transoms

  That segment of a circle to which they are sided, or of beams to which they are moulded. ...

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• bring up with a round turn

  Suddenly arresting a running rope by taking a round turn round a bollard, bitt-head, or cleat. Said ...

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