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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.

Applied to the method delivering the ball in bowling, by swinging the arm horizontally. R. A. Proctor.

Having a round back or shoulders; round-shouldered.

Having the shoulders stooping or projecting; round-backed.

The act of collecting or gathering together scattered cattle by riding around them and driving them in. [Western U.S.]

Circuitous; going round; indirect; as, roundabout speech. We have taken a terrible roundabout road. Burke.

The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness.

Modified by contraction of the lip opening; labialized; labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, § 11.

A rondelay. "Sung all the roundel lustily." Chaucer. Come, now a roundel and a fairy song. Shak.

Anything having a round form; a roundel.

One who rounds; one who comes about frequently or regularly.

Any ordinary market fish, exclusive of flounders, sole, halibut, and other flatfishes.

A nickname for a Puritan. See Roundheads, the, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. Toone.

Having a round head or top.

A house for locomotive engines, built circularly around a turntable.

Round or nearly round; becoming round; roundish.

Somewhat round; as, a roundish seed; a roundish figure. -- Round"ish*ness, n.

A little circle. J. Gregory.

In a round form or manner.

The quality or state of being round in shape; as, the roundness of the globe, of the orb of the sun, of a ball, of a bowl, a column, etc.