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In a circuit; here and there within the surrounding space; all about; as, to travel around from town to town.

A whitlow running around the finger nail, but not affecting the bone. [Colloq.]

A rod with one serpent twined around it, thus differing from the caduceus of Mercury, which has two.

Around; all round; on every side of. "Look about you." Shak. "Bind them about thy neck." Prov. iii. 3.

dded; an appendix or addition. Addendum circle (Mech.), the circle which may be described around a circular spur wheel or gear wheel, touching the crests or tips of the teeth. Rankine.

An inflammation or sore under or around the nail; also, a hangnail.

A prefix meaning about, around; -- used in words derived from the Latin.

A prefix in words of Greek origin, signifying both, of both kinds, on both sides, about, around.

the naming of a child; -- so called because the friends of the parents carried the child around the hearth and then named it.

supreme power; a state of lawlessness; political confusion. Spread anarchy and terror all around. Cowper.

A group of herbivorous mammals characterized by having the hoofs in a single series around the foot, as the elephant, rhinoceros, etc.

the eclipse conceals the central part of the sun's disk, leaving a complete ring of light around the border.

The solid formed by a circle revolving around a line which is the plane of the circle but does not cut it.

A halo opposite the sun, consisting of a colored ring or rings around the shadow of the spectator's own head, as projected on a cloud or on an opposite fog bank.

The colored ring around the nipple, or around a vesicle or pustule.

nded; astonished. [Archaic] Spenser. Thus Ellen, dizzy and astound. As sudden ruin yawned around. Sir W. Scott.

ent Being. Atheism is a ferocious system, that leaves nothing above us to excite awe, nor around us to awaken tenderness. R. Hall. Atheism and pantheism are often wrongly confounded. Shipley.

A supposed medium around various bodies; as, electrical atmosphere, a medium formerly supposed to surround electrical bodies. Franklin.

An open court with a porch or gallery around three or more sides; especially at the entrance of a basilica or other church. The name was extended in the Middle Ages to the open churchyard or cemetery.

A halo, actual or figurative. The glorious aureole of light seen around the sun during total eclipses. Proctor. The aureole of young womanhood. O. W. Holmes.