Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ROUNDING
ppr. 1. Making round or circular.
2. Making full, flowing and smooth.
ROUNDING
a.Round or roundish; nearly round.
ROUNDING
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.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ROUNDING
ROUNDING Round "ing, a.
Defn: Round or nearly round; becoming round; roundish.
ROUNDING
ROUNDING Round "ing, n.
1. (Naut. )
Defn: Small rope, or strands of rope, or spun yarn, wound round a rope to keep it from chafing; -- called also service.
2. (Phonetics )
Defn: Modifying a speech sound by contraction of the lip opening; labializing; labialization. See Guide to Pronunciation, ยง 11.
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