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   R and B
         n 1: a combination of blues and jazz that was developed in the
               United States by Black musicians; an important precursor of
               rock 'n' roll [syn: {rhythm and blues}, {R and B}]

English Dictionary: round the bend by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
remediable
adj
  1. capable of being remedied or redressed ; "remediable problems"; "a remediable setback"; "not a crime but only a remediable blunder"
    Antonym(s): irremediable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rent-free
adv
  1. without paying rent; "I can live here rent-free"
adj
  1. complimentary; without payment of rent; "with the job came a rent-free apartment"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rentable
adj
  1. that is able or fit be rented
    Antonym(s): unrentable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rh antibody
n
  1. rhesus factor antibody
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
round bone
n
  1. bones that are round in shape
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
round file
n
  1. a file with a circular cross section; used to file the inside of holes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
round of drinks
n
  1. a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic); "he ordered a second round"
    Synonym(s): round, round of drinks
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
round of golf
n
  1. the activity of playing 18 holes of golf; "a round of golf takes about 4 hours"
    Synonym(s): round of golf, round
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
round off
v
  1. make round; "round the edges" [syn: round, round out, round off]
  2. bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners"
    Synonym(s): polish, round, round off, polish up, brush up
  3. express as a round number; "round off the amount"
    Synonym(s): round off, round down, round out, round
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
round table
n
  1. a meeting of peers for discussion and exchange of views; "a roundtable on the future of computing"
    Synonym(s): round table, roundtable, round-table conference
  2. (legend) the circular table for King Arthur and his knights
    Synonym(s): Round Table, King Arthur's Round Table
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
round the bend
adj
  1. informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy"
    Synonym(s): balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, around the bend, wacky, whacky
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
round top
n
  1. a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance; "he was afraid of a fire in the circus tent"; "they had the big top up in less than an hour"
    Synonym(s): circus tent, big top, round top, top
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
round up
v
  1. seek out and bring together; "round up some loyal followers"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
round-backed
adj
  1. having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; "a little oldish misshapen stooping woman"
    Synonym(s): hunched, round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping, crooked
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
round-bottom
adj
  1. having a rounded bottom; "round-bottom flasks" [syn: round-bottomed, round-bottom]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
round-bottom flask
n
  1. a spherical flask with a narrow neck
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
round-bottomed
adj
  1. having a rounded bottom; "round-bottom flasks" [syn: round-bottomed, round-bottom]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
round-faced
adj
  1. having a round face
    Synonym(s): moon-faced, round-faced
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
round-fruited
adj
  1. bearing round fruit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
round-table conference
n
  1. a meeting of peers for discussion and exchange of views; "a roundtable on the future of computing"
    Synonym(s): round table, roundtable, round-table conference
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
roundabout
adj
  1. marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct; "the explanation was circuitous and puzzling"; "a roundabout paragraph"; "hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend"
    Synonym(s): circuitous, roundabout
  2. deviating from a straight course; "a scenic but devious route"; "a long and circuitous journey by train and boat"; "a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic"
    Synonym(s): devious, circuitous, roundabout
n
  1. a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island; "the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary"
    Synonym(s): traffic circle, circle, rotary, roundabout
  2. a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement
    Synonym(s): carousel, carrousel, merry-go-round, roundabout, whirligig
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
roundabout way
n
  1. a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked)
    Synonym(s): detour, roundabout way
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
roundtable
n
  1. a meeting of peers for discussion and exchange of views; "a roundtable on the future of computing"
    Synonym(s): round table, roundtable, round-table conference
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
roundup
n
  1. the activity of gathering livestock together so that they can be counted or branded or sold
  2. a summary list; as in e.g. "a news roundup"
  3. the systematic gathering up of suspects by the police; "a mass roundup of suspects"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rwanda franc
n
  1. the basic unit of money in Rwanda
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rantipole \Rant"i*pole\, n. [Ranty + pole, poll, head.]
      A wild, romping young person. [Low] --Marrya[?].

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rantipole \Rant"i*pole\, a.
      Wild; roving; rakish. [Low]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rantipole \Rant"i*pole\, v. i.
      To act like a rantipole. [Low]
  
               She used to rantipole about the house.   --Arbuthnot.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Remediable \Re*me"di*a*ble\ (r?-m?"d?-?-b'l), a. [L.
      remediabilis: cf. F. rem[82]diable.]
      Capable of being remedied or cured. -- {Re*me"di*a*ble*ness},
      n. -{Re*me"di*a*bly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Remediable \Re*me"di*a*ble\ (r?-m?"d?-?-b'l), a. [L.
      remediabilis: cf. F. rem[82]diable.]
      Capable of being remedied or cured. -- {Re*me"di*a*ble*ness},
      n. -{Re*me"di*a*bly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Remediable \Re*me"di*a*ble\ (r?-m?"d?-?-b'l), a. [L.
      remediabilis: cf. F. rem[82]diable.]
      Capable of being remedied or cured. -- {Re*me"di*a*ble*ness},
      n. -{Re*me"di*a*bly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Remedy \Rem"e*dy\ (r?m"?-d?), n.; pl. {Remedies} (-d[?]z). [L.
      remedium; pref. re- re- + mederi to heal, to cure: cf. F.
      rem[8a]de remedy, rem[82]dier to remedy. See {Medical}.]
      1. That which relieves or cures a disease; any medicine or
            application which puts an end to disease and restores
            health; -- with for; as, a remedy for the gout.
  
      2. That which corrects or counteracts an evil of any kind; a
            corrective; a counteractive; reparation; cure; -- followed
            by for or against, formerly by to.
  
                     What may else be remedy or cure To evils which our
                     own misdeeds have wrought, He will instruct us.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      3. (Law) The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain
            redress for a wrong.
  
      {Civil remedy}. See under {Civil}.
  
      {Remedy of the mint} (Coinage), a small allowed deviation
            from the legal standard of weight and fineness; -- called
            also {tolerance}.
  
      Syn: Cure; restorative; counteraction; reparation; redress;
               relief; aid; help; assistance.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Remodification \Re*mod`i*fi*ca"tion\ (-?-f?-k?"sh?n), n.
      The act of remodifying; the state of being remodified.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Remodify \Re*mod"i*fy\ (r?-m?d"?-f?), v. t.
      To modify again or anew; to reshape.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rendible \Rend"i*ble\ (r?nd"?-b'l), a. [From {Rend}.]
      Capable of being rent or torn.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rendible \Ren"di*ble\ (r?n"d?-b'l), a. [See {Render}.]
      Capable, or admitting, of being rendered.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Renidification \Re*nid`i*fi*ca"tion\ (r?-n?d`?-f?-k?"sh?n), n.
      (Zo[94]l.)
      The act of rebuilding a nest.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Cheese rennet}. (Bot.) See under {Cheese}.
  
      {Rennet ferment} (Physiol. Chem.), a ferment, present in
            rennet and in variable quantity in the gastric juice of
            most animals, which has the power of curdling milk. The
            ferment presumably acts by changing the casein of milk
            from a soluble to an insoluble form.
  
      {Rennet stomach} (Anat.), the fourth stomach, or abomasum, of
            ruminants.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rentable \Rent"a*ble\ (-?-b'l), a.
      Capable of being rented, or suitable for renting.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Round \Round\, prep.
      On every side of, so as to encompass or encircle; around;
      about; as, the people atood round him; to go round the city;
      to wind a cable round a windlass.
  
               The serpent Error twines round human hearts. --Cowper.
  
      {Round about}, an emphatic form for round or about. [bd]Moses
            . . . set them [The elders] round about the
            tabernacle.[b8] --Num. xi. 24.
  
      {To come round}, to gain the consent of, or circumvent, (a
            person) by flattery or deception. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   About \A*bout"\, adv.
      1. On all sides; around.
  
                     'Tis time to look about.                     --Shak.
  
      2. In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the
            outside; as, a mile about, and a third of a mile across.
  
      3. Here and there; around; in one place and another.
  
                     Wandering about from house to house.   --1 Tim. v.
                                                                              13.
  
      4. Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence, in
            quality, manner, degree, etc.; as, about as cold; about as
            high; -- also of quantity, number, time. [bd]There fell .
            . . about three thousand men.[b8] --Exod. xxii. 28.
  
      5. To a reserved position; half round; in the opposite
            direction; on the opposite tack; as, to face about; to
            turn one's self about.
  
      {To bring about}, to cause to take place; to accomplish.
  
      {To come about}, to occur; to take place. See under {Come}.
           
  
      {To go about}, {To set about}, to undertake; to arrange; to
            prepare. [bd]Shall we set about some revels?[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Round about}, in every direction around.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Round \Round\, a. [OF. roond, roont, reond, F. rond, fr. L.
      rotundus, fr. rota wheel. See {Rotary}, and cf. {Rotund},
      {roundel}, {Rundlet}.]
      1. Having every portion of the surface or of the
            circumference equally distant from the center; spherical;
            circular; having a form approaching a spherical or a
            circular shape; orbicular; globular; as, a round ball.
            [bd]The big, round tears.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     Upon the firm opacous globe Of this round world.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. Having the form of a cylinder; cylindrical; as, the barrel
            of a musket is round.
  
      3. Having a curved outline or form; especially, one like the
            arc of a circle or an ellipse, or a portion of the surface
            of a sphere; rotund; bulging; protuberant; not angular or
            pointed; as, a round arch; round hills. [bd]Their round
            haunches gored.[b8] --Shak.
  
      4. Full; complete; not broken; not fractional; approximately
            in even units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.; -- said of
            numbers.
  
                     Pliny put a round number near the truth, rather than
                     the fraction.                                    --Arbuthnot.
  
      5. Not inconsiderable; large; hence, generous; free; as, a
            round price.
  
                     Three thousand ducats; 'tis a good round sum.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     Round was their pace at first, but slackened soon.
                                                                              --Tennyson.
  
      6. Uttered or emitted with a full tone; as, a round voice; a
            round note.
  
      7. (Phonetics) Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the
            lip opening, making the opening more or less round in
            shape; rounded; labialized; labial. See Guide to
            Pronunciation, [sect] 11.
  
      8. Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; unqualified; not
            mincing; as, a round answer; a round oath. [bd]The round
            assertion.[b8] --M. Arnold.
  
                     Sir Toby, I must be round with you.   --Shak.
  
      9. Full and smoothly expanded; not defective or abrupt;
            finished; polished; -- said of style, or of authors with
            reference to their style. [Obs.]
  
                     In his satires Horace is quick, round, and pleasant.
                                                                              --Peacham.
  
      10. Complete and consistent; fair; just; -- applied to
            conduct.
  
                     Round dealing is the honor of man's nature.
                                                                              --Bacon.
  
      {At a round rate}, rapidly. --Dryden.
  
      {In round numbers}, approximately in even units, tens,
            hundreds, etc.; as, a bin holding 99 or 101 bushels may be
            said to hold in round numbers 100 bushels.
  
      {Round bodies} (Geom.), the sphere right cone, and right
            cylinder.
  
      {Round clam} (Zo[94]l.), the quahog.
  
      {Round dance} one which is danced by couples with a whirling
            or revolving motion, as the waltz, polka, etc.
  
      {Round game}, a game, as of cards, in which each plays on his
            own account.
  
      {Round hand}, a style of penmanship in which the letters are
            formed in nearly an upright position, and each separately
            distinct; -- distinguished from running hand.
  
      {Round robin}. [Perhaps F. round round + ruban ribbon.]
            (a) A written petition, memorial, remonstrance, protest,
                  etc., the signatures to which are made in a circle so
                  as not to indicate who signed first. [bd]No round
                  robins signed by the whole main deck of the Academy
                  or the Porch.[b8] --De Quincey.
            (b) (Zo[94]l.) The cigar fish.
  
      {Round shot}, a solid spherical projectile for ordnance.
  
      {Round Table}, the table about which sat King Arthur and his
            knights. See {Knights of the Round Table}, under {Knight}.
           
  
      {Round tower}, one of certain lofty circular stone towers,
            tapering from the base upward, and usually having a
            conical cap or roof, which crowns the summit, -- found
            chiefly in Ireland. They are of great antiquity, and vary
            in heigh from thirty-five to one hundred and thiry feet.
           
  
      {Round trot}, one in which the horse throws out his feet
            roundly; a full, brisk, quick trot. --Addison.
  
      {Round turn} (Naut.), one turn of a rope round a timber, a
            belaying pin, etc.
  
      {To bring up with a round turn}, to stop abruptly. [Colloq.]
  
      Syn: Circular; spherical; globular; globase; orbicular;
               orbed; cylindrical; full; plump; rotund.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Gentlemen of the round}.
            (a) Gentlemen soldiers of low rank who made the rounds.
                  See 10
            (a), above.
            (b) Disbanded soldiers who lived by begging. [Obs.]
  
                           Worm-eaten gentlemen of the round, such as have
                           vowed to sit on the skirts of the city, let
                           your provost and his half dozen of halberdiers
                           do what they can.                        --B. Jonson.
  
      {Round of beef}, the part of the thigh below the aitchbone,
            or between the rump and the leg. See Illust. of {beef}.
  
      {Round steak}, a beefsteak cut from the round.
  
      {Sculpture in the round}, sculpture giving the full form, as
            of man; statuary, distinguished from relief.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Round \Round\, a. [OF. roond, roont, reond, F. rond, fr. L.
      rotundus, fr. rota wheel. See {Rotary}, and cf. {Rotund},
      {roundel}, {Rundlet}.]
      1. Having every portion of the surface or of the
            circumference equally distant from the center; spherical;
            circular; having a form approaching a spherical or a
            circular shape; orbicular; globular; as, a round ball.
            [bd]The big, round tears.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     Upon the firm opacous globe Of this round world.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. Having the form of a cylinder; cylindrical; as, the barrel
            of a musket is round.
  
      3. Having a curved outline or form; especially, one like the
            arc of a circle or an ellipse, or a portion of the surface
            of a sphere; rotund; bulging; protuberant; not angular or
            pointed; as, a round arch; round hills. [bd]Their round
            haunches gored.[b8] --Shak.
  
      4. Full; complete; not broken; not fractional; approximately
            in even units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.; -- said of
            numbers.
  
                     Pliny put a round number near the truth, rather than
                     the fraction.                                    --Arbuthnot.
  
      5. Not inconsiderable; large; hence, generous; free; as, a
            round price.
  
                     Three thousand ducats; 'tis a good round sum.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     Round was their pace at first, but slackened soon.
                                                                              --Tennyson.
  
      6. Uttered or emitted with a full tone; as, a round voice; a
            round note.
  
      7. (Phonetics) Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the
            lip opening, making the opening more or less round in
            shape; rounded; labialized; labial. See Guide to
            Pronunciation, [sect] 11.
  
      8. Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; unqualified; not
            mincing; as, a round answer; a round oath. [bd]The round
            assertion.[b8] --M. Arnold.
  
                     Sir Toby, I must be round with you.   --Shak.
  
      9. Full and smoothly expanded; not defective or abrupt;
            finished; polished; -- said of style, or of authors with
            reference to their style. [Obs.]
  
                     In his satires Horace is quick, round, and pleasant.
                                                                              --Peacham.
  
      10. Complete and consistent; fair; just; -- applied to
            conduct.
  
                     Round dealing is the honor of man's nature.
                                                                              --Bacon.
  
      {At a round rate}, rapidly. --Dryden.
  
      {In round numbers}, approximately in even units, tens,
            hundreds, etc.; as, a bin holding 99 or 101 bushels may be
            said to hold in round numbers 100 bushels.
  
      {Round bodies} (Geom.), the sphere right cone, and right
            cylinder.
  
      {Round clam} (Zo[94]l.), the quahog.
  
      {Round dance} one which is danced by couples with a whirling
            or revolving motion, as the waltz, polka, etc.
  
      {Round game}, a game, as of cards, in which each plays on his
            own account.
  
      {Round hand}, a style of penmanship in which the letters are
            formed in nearly an upright position, and each separately
            distinct; -- distinguished from running hand.
  
      {Round robin}. [Perhaps F. round round + ruban ribbon.]
            (a) A written petition, memorial, remonstrance, protest,
                  etc., the signatures to which are made in a circle so
                  as not to indicate who signed first. [bd]No round
                  robins signed by the whole main deck of the Academy
                  or the Porch.[b8] --De Quincey.
            (b) (Zo[94]l.) The cigar fish.
  
      {Round shot}, a solid spherical projectile for ordnance.
  
      {Round Table}, the table about which sat King Arthur and his
            knights. See {Knights of the Round Table}, under {Knight}.
           
  
      {Round tower}, one of certain lofty circular stone towers,
            tapering from the base upward, and usually having a
            conical cap or roof, which crowns the summit, -- found
            chiefly in Ireland. They are of great antiquity, and vary
            in heigh from thirty-five to one hundred and thiry feet.
           
  
      {Round trot}, one in which the horse throws out his feet
            roundly; a full, brisk, quick trot. --Addison.
  
      {Round turn} (Naut.), one turn of a rope round a timber, a
            belaying pin, etc.
  
      {To bring up with a round turn}, to stop abruptly. [Colloq.]
  
      Syn: Circular; spherical; globular; globase; orbicular;
               orbed; cylindrical; full; plump; rotund.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
            (c) (Mach.) Any collection and arrangement in a condensed
                  form of many particulars or values, for ready
                  reference, as of weights, measures, currency, specific
                  gravities, etc.; also, a series of numbers following
                  some law, and expressing particular values
                  corresponding to certain other numbers on which they
                  depend, and by means of which they are taken out for
                  use in computations; as, tables of logarithms, sines,
                  tangents, squares, cubes, etc.; annuity tables;
                  interest tables; astronomical tables, etc.
            (d) (Palmistry) The arrangement or disposition of the
                  lines which appear on the inside of the hand.
  
                           Mistress of a fairer table Hath not history for
                           fable.                                          --B. Jonson.
  
      5. An article of furniture, consisting of a flat slab, board,
            or the like, having a smooth surface, fixed horizontally
            on legs, and used for a great variety of purposes, as in
            eating, writing, or working.
  
                     We may again Give to our tables meat. --Shak.
  
                     The nymph the table spread.               --Pope.
  
      6. Hence, food placed on a table to be partaken of; fare;
            entertainment; as, to set a good table.
  
      7. The company assembled round a table.
  
                     I drink the general joy of the whole table. --Shak.
  
      8. (Anat.) One of the two, external and internal, layers of
            compact bone, separated by diplo[89], in the walls of the
            cranium.
  
      9. (Arch.) A stringcourse which includes an offset; esp., a
            band of stone, or the like, set where an offset is
            required, so as to make it decorative. See {Water table}.
  
      10. (Games)
            (a) The board on the opposite sides of which backgammon
                  and draughts are played.
            (b) One of the divisions of a backgammon board; as, to
                  play into the right-hand table.
            (c) pl. The games of backgammon and of draughts. [Obs.]
                  --Chaucer.
  
                           This is the ape of form, monsieur the nice,
                           That, when he plays at tables, chides the dice.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      11. (Glass Manuf.) A circular plate of crown glass.
  
                     A circular plate or table of about five feet
                     diameter weighs on an average nine pounds. --Ure.
  
      12. (Jewelry) The upper flat surface of a diamond or other
            precious stone, the sides of which are cut in angles.
  
      13. (Persp.) A plane surface, supposed to be transparent and
            perpendicular to the horizon; -- called also {perspective
            plane}.
  
      14. (Mach.) The part of a machine tool on which the work
            rests and is fastened.
  
      {Bench table}, {Card table}, {Communion table}, {Lord's
      table}, etc. See under {Bench}, {Card}, etc.
  
      {Raised table} (Arch. & Sculp.), a raised or projecting
            member of a flat surface, large in proportion to the
            projection, and usually rectangular, -- especially
            intended to receive an inscription or the like.
  
      {Roller table} (Horology), a flat disk on the arbor of the
            balance of a watch, holding the jewel which rolls in and
            out of the fork at the end of the lever of the escapement.
           
  
      {Round table}. See Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
  
      {Table anvil}, a small anvil to be fastened to a table for
            use in making slight repairs.
  
      {Table base}. (Arch.) Same as {Water table}.
  
      {Table bed}, a bed in the form of a table.
  
      {Table beer}, beer for table, or for common use; small beer.
           
  
      {Table bell}, a small bell to be used at table for calling
            servants.
  
      {Table cover}, a cloth for covering a table, especially at
            other than mealtimes.
  
      {Table diamond}, a thin diamond cut with a flat upper
            surface.
  
      {Table linen}, linen tablecloth, napkins, and the like.
  
      {Table money} (Mil. or Naut.), an allowance sometimes made to
            officers over and above their pay, for table expenses.
  
      {Table rent} (O. Eng. Law), rent paid to a bishop or
            religious, reserved or appropriated to his table or
            housekeeping. --Burrill.
  
      {Table shore} (Naut.), a low, level shore.
  
      {Table talk}, conversation at table, or at meals.
  
      {Table talker}, one who talks at table.
  
      {Table tipping}, {Table turning}, certain movements of
            tables, etc., attributed by some to the agency of departed
            spirits, and by others to the development of latent vital
            or spriritual forces, but more commonly ascribed to the
            muscular force of persons in connection with the objects
            moved, or to physical force applied otherwise.
  
      {Tables of a girder} [or] {chord} (Engin.), the upper and
            lower horizontal members.
  
      {To lay on the table}, in parliamentary usage, to lay, as a
            report, motion, etc., on the table of the presiding
            officer, -- that is, to postpone the consideration of, by
            a vote.
  
      {To serve tables} (Script.), to provide for the poor, or to
            distribute provisions for their wants. --Acts vi. 2.
  
      {To turn the tables}, to change the condition or fortune of
            contending parties; -- a metaphorical expression taken
            from the vicissitudes of fortune in gaming.
  
      {Twelve tables} (Rom. Antiq.), a celebrated body of Roman
            laws, framed by decemvirs appointed 450 years before
            Christ, on the return of deputies or commissioners who had
            been sent to Greece to examine into foreign laws and
            institutions. They consisted partly of laws transcribed
            from the institutions of other nations, partly of such as
            were altered and accommodated to the manners of the
            Romans, partly of new provisions, and mainly, perhaps, of
            laws and usages under their ancient kings. --Burrill.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Round \Round\, a. [OF. roond, roont, reond, F. rond, fr. L.
      rotundus, fr. rota wheel. See {Rotary}, and cf. {Rotund},
      {roundel}, {Rundlet}.]
      1. Having every portion of the surface or of the
            circumference equally distant from the center; spherical;
            circular; having a form approaching a spherical or a
            circular shape; orbicular; globular; as, a round ball.
            [bd]The big, round tears.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     Upon the firm opacous globe Of this round world.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. Having the form of a cylinder; cylindrical; as, the barrel
            of a musket is round.
  
      3. Having a curved outline or form; especially, one like the
            arc of a circle or an ellipse, or a portion of the surface
            of a sphere; rotund; bulging; protuberant; not angular or
            pointed; as, a round arch; round hills. [bd]Their round
            haunches gored.[b8] --Shak.
  
      4. Full; complete; not broken; not fractional; approximately
            in even units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.; -- said of
            numbers.
  
                     Pliny put a round number near the truth, rather than
                     the fraction.                                    --Arbuthnot.
  
      5. Not inconsiderable; large; hence, generous; free; as, a
            round price.
  
                     Three thousand ducats; 'tis a good round sum.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     Round was their pace at first, but slackened soon.
                                                                              --Tennyson.
  
      6. Uttered or emitted with a full tone; as, a round voice; a
            round note.
  
      7. (Phonetics) Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the
            lip opening, making the opening more or less round in
            shape; rounded; labialized; labial. See Guide to
            Pronunciation, [sect] 11.
  
      8. Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; unqualified; not
            mincing; as, a round answer; a round oath. [bd]The round
            assertion.[b8] --M. Arnold.
  
                     Sir Toby, I must be round with you.   --Shak.
  
      9. Full and smoothly expanded; not defective or abrupt;
            finished; polished; -- said of style, or of authors with
            reference to their style. [Obs.]
  
                     In his satires Horace is quick, round, and pleasant.
                                                                              --Peacham.
  
      10. Complete and consistent; fair; just; -- applied to
            conduct.
  
                     Round dealing is the honor of man's nature.
                                                                              --Bacon.
  
      {At a round rate}, rapidly. --Dryden.
  
      {In round numbers}, approximately in even units, tens,
            hundreds, etc.; as, a bin holding 99 or 101 bushels may be
            said to hold in round numbers 100 bushels.
  
      {Round bodies} (Geom.), the sphere right cone, and right
            cylinder.
  
      {Round clam} (Zo[94]l.), the quahog.
  
      {Round dance} one which is danced by couples with a whirling
            or revolving motion, as the waltz, polka, etc.
  
      {Round game}, a game, as of cards, in which each plays on his
            own account.
  
      {Round hand}, a style of penmanship in which the letters are
            formed in nearly an upright position, and each separately
            distinct; -- distinguished from running hand.
  
      {Round robin}. [Perhaps F. round round + ruban ribbon.]
            (a) A written petition, memorial, remonstrance, protest,
                  etc., the signatures to which are made in a circle so
                  as not to indicate who signed first. [bd]No round
                  robins signed by the whole main deck of the Academy
                  or the Porch.[b8] --De Quincey.
            (b) (Zo[94]l.) The cigar fish.
  
      {Round shot}, a solid spherical projectile for ordnance.
  
      {Round Table}, the table about which sat King Arthur and his
            knights. See {Knights of the Round Table}, under {Knight}.
           
  
      {Round tower}, one of certain lofty circular stone towers,
            tapering from the base upward, and usually having a
            conical cap or roof, which crowns the summit, -- found
            chiefly in Ireland. They are of great antiquity, and vary
            in heigh from thirty-five to one hundred and thiry feet.
           
  
      {Round trot}, one in which the horse throws out his feet
            roundly; a full, brisk, quick trot. --Addison.
  
      {Round turn} (Naut.), one turn of a rope round a timber, a
            belaying pin, etc.
  
      {To bring up with a round turn}, to stop abruptly. [Colloq.]
  
      Syn: Circular; spherical; globular; globase; orbicular;
               orbed; cylindrical; full; plump; rotund.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
            (c) (Mach.) Any collection and arrangement in a condensed
                  form of many particulars or values, for ready
                  reference, as of weights, measures, currency, specific
                  gravities, etc.; also, a series of numbers following
                  some law, and expressing particular values
                  corresponding to certain other numbers on which they
                  depend, and by means of which they are taken out for
                  use in computations; as, tables of logarithms, sines,
                  tangents, squares, cubes, etc.; annuity tables;
                  interest tables; astronomical tables, etc.
            (d) (Palmistry) The arrangement or disposition of the
                  lines which appear on the inside of the hand.
  
                           Mistress of a fairer table Hath not history for
                           fable.                                          --B. Jonson.
  
      5. An article of furniture, consisting of a flat slab, board,
            or the like, having a smooth surface, fixed horizontally
            on legs, and used for a great variety of purposes, as in
            eating, writing, or working.
  
                     We may again Give to our tables meat. --Shak.
  
                     The nymph the table spread.               --Pope.
  
      6. Hence, food placed on a table to be partaken of; fare;
            entertainment; as, to set a good table.
  
      7. The company assembled round a table.
  
                     I drink the general joy of the whole table. --Shak.
  
      8. (Anat.) One of the two, external and internal, layers of
            compact bone, separated by diplo[89], in the walls of the
            cranium.
  
      9. (Arch.) A stringcourse which includes an offset; esp., a
            band of stone, or the like, set where an offset is
            required, so as to make it decorative. See {Water table}.
  
      10. (Games)
            (a) The board on the opposite sides of which backgammon
                  and draughts are played.
            (b) One of the divisions of a backgammon board; as, to
                  play into the right-hand table.
            (c) pl. The games of backgammon and of draughts. [Obs.]
                  --Chaucer.
  
                           This is the ape of form, monsieur the nice,
                           That, when he plays at tables, chides the dice.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      11. (Glass Manuf.) A circular plate of crown glass.
  
                     A circular plate or table of about five feet
                     diameter weighs on an average nine pounds. --Ure.
  
      12. (Jewelry) The upper flat surface of a diamond or other
            precious stone, the sides of which are cut in angles.
  
      13. (Persp.) A plane surface, supposed to be transparent and
            perpendicular to the horizon; -- called also {perspective
            plane}.
  
      14. (Mach.) The part of a machine tool on which the work
            rests and is fastened.
  
      {Bench table}, {Card table}, {Communion table}, {Lord's
      table}, etc. See under {Bench}, {Card}, etc.
  
      {Raised table} (Arch. & Sculp.), a raised or projecting
            member of a flat surface, large in proportion to the
            projection, and usually rectangular, -- especially
            intended to receive an inscription or the like.
  
      {Roller table} (Horology), a flat disk on the arbor of the
            balance of a watch, holding the jewel which rolls in and
            out of the fork at the end of the lever of the escapement.
           
  
      {Round table}. See Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
  
      {Table anvil}, a small anvil to be fastened to a table for
            use in making slight repairs.
  
      {Table base}. (Arch.) Same as {Water table}.
  
      {Table bed}, a bed in the form of a table.
  
      {Table beer}, beer for table, or for common use; small beer.
           
  
      {Table bell}, a small bell to be used at table for calling
            servants.
  
      {Table cover}, a cloth for covering a table, especially at
            other than mealtimes.
  
      {Table diamond}, a thin diamond cut with a flat upper
            surface.
  
      {Table linen}, linen tablecloth, napkins, and the like.
  
      {Table money} (Mil. or Naut.), an allowance sometimes made to
            officers over and above their pay, for table expenses.
  
      {Table rent} (O. Eng. Law), rent paid to a bishop or
            religious, reserved or appropriated to his table or
            housekeeping. --Burrill.
  
      {Table shore} (Naut.), a low, level shore.
  
      {Table talk}, conversation at table, or at meals.
  
      {Table talker}, one who talks at table.
  
      {Table tipping}, {Table turning}, certain movements of
            tables, etc., attributed by some to the agency of departed
            spirits, and by others to the development of latent vital
            or spriritual forces, but more commonly ascribed to the
            muscular force of persons in connection with the objects
            moved, or to physical force applied otherwise.
  
      {Tables of a girder} [or] {chord} (Engin.), the upper and
            lower horizontal members.
  
      {To lay on the table}, in parliamentary usage, to lay, as a
            report, motion, etc., on the table of the presiding
            officer, -- that is, to postpone the consideration of, by
            a vote.
  
      {To serve tables} (Script.), to provide for the poor, or to
            distribute provisions for their wants. --Acts vi. 2.
  
      {To turn the tables}, to change the condition or fortune of
            contending parties; -- a metaphorical expression taken
            from the vicissitudes of fortune in gaming.
  
      {Twelve tables} (Rom. Antiq.), a celebrated body of Roman
            laws, framed by decemvirs appointed 450 years before
            Christ, on the return of deputies or commissioners who had
            been sent to Greece to examine into foreign laws and
            institutions. They consisted partly of laws transcribed
            from the institutions of other nations, partly of such as
            were altered and accommodated to the manners of the
            Romans, partly of new provisions, and mainly, perhaps, of
            laws and usages under their ancient kings. --Burrill.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Roundabout \Round"a*bout`\, a.
      1. Circuitous; going round; indirect; as, roundabout speech.
  
                     We have taken a terrible roundabout road. --Burke.
  
      2. Encircling; enveloping; comprehensive. [bd]Large, sound,
            roundabout sense.[b8] --Locke.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Roundabout \Round"a*bout`\, n.
      1. A horizontal wheel or frame, commonly with wooden horses,
            etc., on which children ride; a merry-go-round. --Smart.
  
      2. A dance performed in a circle. --Goldsmith.
  
      3. A short, close jacket worn by boys, sailors, etc.
  
      4. A state or scene of constant change, or of recurring labor
            and vicissitude. --Cowper.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Roundaboutness \Round"a*bout`ness\, n.
      The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Round-backed \Round"-backed`\, a.
      Having a round back or shoulders; round-shouldered.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Roundfish \Round"fish\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any ordinary market fish, exclusive of flounders,
                  sole, halibut, and other flatfishes.
            (b) A lake whitefish ({Coregonus quadrilateralis}), less
                  compressed than the common species. It is very
                  abundant in British America and Alaska.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Roundtop \Round"top`\, n. (Naut.)
      A top; a platform at a masthead; -- so called because
      formerly round in shape.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Round-up \Round"-up`\, n.
      The act of collecting or gathering together scattered cattle
      by riding around them and driving them in. [Western U.S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Round-up \Round"-up`\, n.
      1. A rounding up, or upward curvature or convexity, as in the
            deck of a vessel.
  
      2. A gathering in of scattered persons or things; as, s
            round-up of criminals. [Colloq., U. S.]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Rendville, OH (village, FIPS 66222)
      Location: 39.61926 N, 82.09018 W
      Population (1990): 32 (14 housing units)
      Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Round Pond, ME
      Zip code(s): 04564

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Round Top, NY
      Zip code(s): 12473
   Round Top, TX (town, FIPS 63524)
      Location: 30.06441 N, 96.69567 W
      Population (1990): 81 (61 housing units)
      Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 78954

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Roundup, MT (city, FIPS 64525)
      Location: 46.44848 N, 108.53884 W
      Population (1990): 1808 (1006 housing units)
      Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 59072

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   round tape n.   Industry-standard 1/2-inch magnetic tape (7- or
   9-track) on traditional circular reels.   See {macrotape}, oppose
   {square tape}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Remote Operations Service Element
  
      (ROSE) A sub-layer of {protocol layer} six
      ({presentation layer}) in the {OSI} seven layer model which
      provides {SASE} for remote operations.
  
      Documents: {ITU} Rec. X.229 ({ISO} 9072-2), ITU Rec. X.219
      (ISO 9072-1).
  
      (1997-12-07)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Remote Procedure Call
  
      (RPC) A {protocol} which allows a
      program running on one {host} to cause code to be executed on
      another host without the programmer needing to explicitly code
      for this.   RPC is an easy and popular paradigm for
      implementing the {client-server} model of {distributed
      computing}.   An RPC is initiated by the caller (client)
      sending request message to a remote system (the server) to
      execute a certain procedure using arguments supplied.   A
      result message is returned to the caller.   There are many
      variations and subtleties in various implementations,
      resulting in a variety of different (incompatible) RPC
      {protocols}.
  
      {Sun} RPC is defined in {RFC 1057} and {ONC} RPC in {RFC
      1831}.
  
      (2003-06-04)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   RM-ODP
  
      The {ISO Reference Model} for {Open
      Distributed Environments}.
  
      {(http://pepper.open.ac.uk/~armsarms/sa.html)}.
  
      (1995-11-23)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   round tape
  
      Industry-standard 1/2-inch {magnetic tape}
      (7- or 9-track) on traditional circular reels.
  
      See {macrotape}, opposite: {square tape}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (1996-02-03)
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Ramath of the south
      (Heb. Ramath-negeb). The Heb. negeb is the general designation
      for south or south-west of Judah. This was one of the towns of
      Simeon (Josh. 19:8). It is the same as "south Ramoth" (1 Sam.
      30:27; R.V., "Ramoth of the south"). Its site is doubtful. Some
      have thought it another name for Baalath-beer.
     
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