round about

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

The serpent Error twines round human hearts. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]

Round about, an emphatic form for round or about. "Moses . . . set them [The elders] round about the tabernacle." --Num. xi. 24.

To come round, to gain the consent of, or circumvent, (a person) by flattery or deception. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

About \A*bout"\, adv.

1.On all sides; around. [1913 Webster]

'Tis time to look about.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; as, a mile about, and a third of a mile across. [1913 Webster]

3.Here and there; around; in one place and another. [1913 Webster]

Wandering about from house to house.— 1 Tim. v. 13.[1913 Webster]

4.Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence, in quality, manner, degree, etc.; as, about as cold; about as high; -- also of quantity, number, time. "There fell . . . about three thousand men." --Exod. xxii. 28. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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. "Shall we set about some revels?" --Shak.

Round about, in every direction around. [1913 Webster]