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Rounding

ROUND'ING, ppr. 1. Making round or circular. 2. Making full, flowing and smooth. ROUND'ING, a. Round or roundish; nearly round. ROUND'ING, n. Among seamen, old ropes wound about the part of the cable which lie...

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ROUND'ING, ppr.

1. Making round or circular.

2. Making full, flowing and smooth.

ROUND'ING, a. Round or roundish; nearly round.

ROUND'ING, n. 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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