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tied at its lower edge round
Then the veil had to be tied at its lower edge round his collar and the gloves put on him.
— from Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

them and I looked eagerly round
The mates were so busy and hot, trying to get the decks cleared, and succeeding very slowly with the unpromising material at their command, that we saw very little of them, and I looked eagerly round to see what our passengers were like; but there were so many people on board that it was hard to pick out who was for the other side of the world and who was to stay on this.
— from Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea by George Manville Fenn

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