38 Metaphors for round

The sandy beach under the low part of the land of Bald Head (the first sandy bay round the head) is in latitude 35 degrees 6 minutes, and longitude 117 degrees 58 minutes 6 seconds.

'What are them men foolin' round with, Mr. C.?' said I. 'That's hubby's latest,' replied Ned.

"The hollow round of Cynthia's seat" is, therefore, this sphere in which the moon sits.

Round every spring were many graves, built in a peculiar way, and covered eight or ten inches deep by mould.

And mother she kept murmuring,"He layeth the beams of His chambers in the waters, His pavilion round about Him is dark waters and thick clouds of the skies."

Round her throne are the four fathers, St. Ambrose, St. Gregory, St. Jerome, and St. Augustine.

His round, full face was smooth shaven.

The country round is a steppe, covered with artificial earth-mounds, which make the graves of a very remote period.

Round every house are great stacks and piles of cow-dung cakes.

Each round of visits was a feat of strength, and we were obliged to desist from sheer inability to support more coffee, rose-water, pipes, and aromatic sweetmeats.

"Sellinger's round was an old country dance, and was not quite out of knowledge in the last century.

The golden round is the diadem.

Each round was an experience of new people, new homes, new gardens.

In the back of his great red coat, just under the left shoulder-blade, was a gash in the cloth, where some weapon had passed, and all round was a wide patch of dark scarlet which told its own tale.

and Enid leading down the tracks Thro' which he bade her lead him on, they past The marches, and by bandit-haunted holds, Gray swamps and pools, waste places of the hern, And wildernesses, perilous paths, they rode: Round was their pace at first, but slacken'd soon: A stranger meeting them had surely thought They rode so slowly and they look'd so pale, That each had suffered some exceeding wrong.

Then they were marched to the scaffolding, where was a table on which lay fruits and vegetables surmounted by a very much decomposed pig, and in a semicircle round one end of this table were twelve images.

It's nothing but a torment to think of it a lyin' round with it's three hundred acres of land," said Reuben in an impulsive tone, very rare for him, and prolonging the "three hundred" with a scornful emphasis; and he sprang up to throw the paper into the fire.

The upper end was covered with a white cloth, and all round, seated on the floor against the walls, were grave-looking Parsees, many being of advanced years.

But others, that were of a more agreeable temper, told me that fire-round was an effectual means to preserve both the mother and the infant from the power of evil spirits, who are ready at such times to do mischief, and sometimes carry away the infant; and when they get them once in their possession, return them poor meagre skeletons; and these infants are said to have voracious appetites, constantly craving for meat.

The waters of the sea for a large area round about are no longer salt but fresh, and pleasant to the taste.

Nestling round about are the old stone-roofed cottages, like those we have seen in the other villages we have passed through.

Only 'round the edges where the dough didn't cover was there any scars.

Kutais contains 10,000 inhabitants, and lies in a natural park; all round is the most luxuriant vegetation.

" Round or square caps, hoods and cloaks of black, gray, or other sombre hue, were, however, the prevalent garb of the members of the university; but here and there might be seen some gayer specimen of the tribe, whose broad-brimmed, high-crowned felt hat and flaunting feather;

" "Day and night will I ask the Lord Jesus about it," said Filina, "that He will lead your wife to agree, because round about us is only darkness.

38 Metaphors for  round