• (n.) A whitlow running around the finger nail, but not affecting the bone.
The ability within a program to run text around a graphic image within a document, without the need to adjust each line manually. 
Run'-a·round` noun (Medicine) A whitlow running around the finger nail, but not affecting the bone. [ Colloq.] 
A term given to copy that accommodates the lines of a picture or other image or copy.