ˈround hand
[f. round a. + hand n.]
1. A style of handwriting in which the letters are round, bold, and full.
| 1682 Lond. Gaz. No. 1732/4 The Bastard Italians (commonly) called the new A-la-mode Round-hands, with Round-mixt Running-hands, and mixt Secretaries. 1686 W. Elder (title) in Arber Term Catal. II. 158/1 A Book of Copies for Learners of Round-hand. 1748 Hartley Observ. Man i. iii. 302 The common Round-hand, various Law-hands, and various Short-hands. 1766 Serle Art Writing 3 Round Hand... In writing this Hand, let the Slope be inclining to your Right Hand. 1848 Thackeray Van. Fair i, The orphan, little Laura Martin (who was just in round-hand). 1899 Allbutt's Syst. Med. VII. 436 A word written in the ‘round hand’ of the copy books. |
| attrib. and transf. 1766 Serle Art Writing 61 The capital Round Hand Letters. 1844 Alb. Smith Adv. Mr. Ledbury xxiv, ‘Time flies quickly,’ as we learn from the roundhand copies. 1888 Pater Apprec. (1890) 2 Something very tamely..confined to mainly practical ends—a kind of ‘good round hand’. |
2. attrib. Of bowling: Performed with a horizontal swing of the hand or arm; round-arm.
| 1851 Lillywhite Guide Crick. 14 Mr. Willes..first introduced round-hand bowling, and Lambart first practised it.. forty years ago. 1884 Harper's Mag. Jan. 299/2 Oh, for..the round-hand bowling of our fathers' day! |
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ˈround-hander, a ‘round-arm’ blow.
| 1892 W. S. Gilbert Foggerty's Fairy 169 He planted a round-hander on the Sergeant's left ear. |