adj. Surrounded with a wall; enclosed with a rampart.
adj. Surrounded by a ridge or elevation.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v. To surround with a rampart or wall.
adj. Surrounded with a wall; inclosed with a rampart.
adj. Surrounded by a ridge or elevation.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To surround with or as with a rampart or fortified lines.
Walled in; surrounded by or as by a parapet.
Also called calyciform papillæ.
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v. surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification
Word Usage
"Towards the root of the tongue is another kind of papillæ, the circumvallate, eight to fifteen in number, arranged in the form of the letter V, with the apex directed backwards."