Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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. ``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.]

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. ``There fell . .
      . about three thousand men.'' --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. ``Shall we set about some revels?'' --Shak.

   {Round about}, in every direction around.