at part of a cable which
lies in the hawse, or athwart the stem, &c. It is used to prevent the
cable from being chafed. (_See_ KECKLING and SERVICE.)

ROUNDING-UP. Is to haul through the slack of a tackle which hangs in a
perpendicular direction, without sustaining or hoisting any weighty
body.

ROUNDLY. Quickly.

ROUND-RIBBED. A vessel of burden with very little run, and a flattish
bottom, the ribs sometimes almost joining the keel horizontally.

ROUND ROBBIN [from the French _ruban rond_]. A mode of signing names in
a circular form, after a complaint or remonstrance, so that no one can
tell who signed first.

ROUNDS. General discharges of the guns. Cartridges are usually reckoned
by rounds, including all the artillery to be used; as, fifty rounds of
ammunition. Also, going round to inspect sentinels. The general visiting
of the decks made by officers, to see that all is going on right. Also,
the steps of a ladder.

ROUND SEAM. The edges or selvedges sewed together, without lapping.

ROUND SEIZING. This is made by a series of turns, with the end passed
through the riders, and made fast snugly. In applying this the rope
does not cross, but both parts are brought close together, and the
seizing crossed.

ROUND SHOT. The cast-iron balls fitting the bores of their respective
guns, as distinguished from grape or other shot.

ROUNDS OF THE GALLEY. The opposite of what is termed Coventry; for it is
figurative of a man incurring the expressed scorn of his shipmates.

ROUND SPLICE. One which hardly shows itself, from the neatness of the
rope and the skill of the splicer. Properly a long splice.

ROUND STERN. The _segmental stern_, the bottom and wales of which are
wrought quite aft, and unite in the stern-post: it is now used in our
navy, thus securing an after battery for the ship. It had long obtained
in the Danish marine.

ROUND THE FLEET. A diabolical punishment, by which a man, lashed to a
frame on a long-boat, was towed alongside of every ship in a fleet, to
receive a certain number of lashes by sentence of court-martial.

ROUND-TO, TO. To bring to, or haul to the wind by means of the helm. To
go round, is to tack or wear.

ROUND-TOP. A name which has obtained for modern tops, from the shape of
the ancient ones. (_See_ TOP.)

ROUND-TURN IN THE HAWSE. A term implying the situation of the two cables
of a ship, which, when moored, has swung the wrong way three times
successively; if after this she come rou