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▪ I. unˈround, a. (un-1 7. Cf. WFris. on-, ûnroun, Du. onrond.)
1588Lucar tr. Tartaglia's Colloq. Shooting App. 24 To make round pellettes of unround yron pellettes by two waves. 1676Newton in Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men (1841) II. 383 This [image]..will be..not much unround, unless the angles be very unequal. 1877E. Sang (title), The Toothing of Unround Discs, which are intended to Roll upon each other. ▪ II. unˈround, v. (un-2 6 a.) Now spec. in phonetics: cf. round v. 1 c. Also unˈrounding vbl. n.
1611Cotgr., Desrondir, to vnround, vnbow, vncompasse. 1648Hexham ii, Ontronden, to vnround, or take away the roundnesse of any thing. 1874H. Sweet in Trans. Philol. Soc. 471 Rounded front vowels are often unrounded. Ibid. 475 Rounding of back [vowels]; unrounding of front. 1877― Handbk. Phonetics 25 This vowel..is best obtained by unrounding (u). |