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round-headed, a.
[round a. 16.]
Having a round head, in various senses.
In the following quot. the precise meaning is not quite clear:—1633 Rowley Match at Midn. iii. i, Marry who thou woot to make a shew to shrowd thee from the storme round headed opinion, that swayes all the world, may let fall on thee.
1. a. Of persons: Wearing the hair closely cut; spec. belonging to the Roundhead party.
1642in N. & Q. 10th Ser. X. 357/2 That Mr. Seldon..had more learning than a thousand round-headed Pims. 1643Prynne Gag for Long-haired Rattle-Heads L j b, The honour of our ancient Kings, who were Roundheaded, like to the Cœlestiall spheare. 1650Cowley Guardian v. iv, You have invited..the widdows round-headed kindred? 1816Scott Old Mort. xxxv, I thought I had to do with the son of an old round-headed rebel. 1826― Woodst. i, Those round-headed commonwealth knaves.
b. Ethnol. Designating a race or type of man characterized by possessing a skull of rounded shape, usu. distinguished from a long-head (sense 2). rare.
1896A. H. Keane Ethnol. i. v. 106 Mr. W. K. Moorehead..recognises two distinct mound-building races, the old long-headed, and the later round-headed intruders.
2. a. In specific names of animals.
1729Dampier's Voy. III. 399 Roundheaded Armadillo. 1768Pennant Brit. Zool. (1776) III. 56 Roundheaded cachalot: this species was taken on one of the Orkney Isles. 1855Orr's Circ. Sci., Org. Nat. III. 410 The Round-headed Porpoise (Phocœna melas)..is distinguished by its very convex rounded head. 1897H. O. Forbes Hand-bk. Primates I. 89 The round-headed sportive-lemur.
b. In specific names of plants.
1753Chambers' Cycl. Suppl. s.v. Mushroom, The round-headed spring Mushroom. 1789J. Pilkington View Derbysh. I. 380 Juncus conglomeratus, Round headed Rush. 1796Withering Brit. Pl. (ed. 3) II. 333 Round-headed Garlic. Ibid. III. 522 Round-headed Mint. c1833Swanland Farm Rep. 127 in Husb. III, Dactylis glomerata, Round-headed cock's-foot. 1855Miss Pratt Flower. Pl. III. 345 Round-headed Rampion. 1859― Brit. Grasses VI. 22 Round-headed Cotton-grass. Ibid. 40 Round Headed Sedge.
3. Of arches, windows, etc., or building characterized by these.
1758R. Lowth Life William of Wykeham vi. 209 With round pillars.., round-headed arches and windows. 1827Gentl. Mag. XCVII. ii. 497 This recess was originally illuminated by five narrow round-headed windows. 1881Freeman Subj. Venice 104 Above was a simple round-headed clerestory.
4. Of things which assume a rounded form towards the top or end.
1818Scott Rob Roy v, The Cheviots rose before me;..huge, round-headed, and clothed with a dark robe of russet. 1818― Let. in Lockhart (1837) IV. iv. 135 To plant birches, oaks, elms, and suchlike round-headed trees along the verges of the Kaeside plantations. 1866G. Stephens Runic Mon. I. 227 These round-headed grave-stones can be traced back in England to the 11th or 12th century.
5. Of nails, etc., ending in a round disc or knob.
1802James Milit. Dict. s.v. Nail, Rose-bud Nails are small round-headed nails, driven in the centre of the roses of the plates. 1841Penny Cycl. XIX. 256/1 The screws..are round-headed and countersunk. 1875Darwin Insectiv. Pl. vii. 139 A considerable number of the round-headed tentacles were inflected.
Hence round-ˈheadedness, the state of being round-headed; the condition of having a round head.
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