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Webster 1913 Edition

Rounding

Round′ing

,
Adj.
Round or nearly round; becoming round; roundish.

Round′ing

,
Noun.
1.
(Naut.)
Small rope, or strands of rope, or spun yarn, wound round a rope to keep it from chafing; – called also
service
.
2.
(Phonetics)
Modifying a speech sound by contraction of the lip opening; labializing; labialization. See Guide to Pronunciation, § 11.

Webster 1828 Edition

Rounding

ROUND'ING

, ppr.
1.
Making round or circular.
2.
Making full, flowing and smooth.

ROUND'ING

,
Adj.
Round or roundish; nearly round.

ROUND'ING

,
Noun.
Among seamen, old ropes wound about the part of the cable which lies in the hawse, or athwart the stem, to prevent its chafing.
Rounding in, a pulling upon a slack rope, which passes through one or more blocks in a direction nearly horizontal. Rounding up is a pulling in like manner, when a tackle hangs in a perpendicular direction.

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