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half-round
[ haf-round, hahf- ]
adjective
- semicircular in cross section, as a molding or piece of type.
noun
- anything that is semicircular in cross section.
- Printing. a curved stereotype plate.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of half-round1
First recorded in 1655–65
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Example Sentences
The drawer sides have a half-round edge on the bottom edge to run in the groove in the guide.
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They began to plunge, turning half round, while one pressed against the other, in an effort to escape the savage buffeting.
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This consists in turning either wholly or half round on the hind legs with great rapidity and when at full gallop.
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Your Hands being thus prepar'd, you will turn three quarters round in the same manner as you did half round.
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Had it not been for my deafness, I would have travelled half round the globe ere now, and this I must still do.
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