| Roll (roll) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Roll |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Rolled (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Rolling.] [OF. roeler, roler, F. rouler,
LL. rotulare, fr. L. royulus, rotula, a little
wheel, dim. of |
To cause
to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to
impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting
surface; as, to roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel.
To wrap round on itself; to form into a
spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over; as, to
roll a sheet of paper; to roll parchment; to roll
clay or putty into a ball.
To bind or involve by winding, as in a
bandage; to inwrap; -- often with up; as, to roll up a
parcel.
To drive or impel forward with an easy
motion, as of rolling; as, a river rolls its waters to the
ocean.
To utter copiously, esp. with sounding
words; to utter with a deep sound; -- often with forth, or
out; as, to roll forth some one's praises; to
roll out sentences.
To press or level with a roller; to spread
or form with a roll, roller, or rollers; as, to roll a field;
to roll paste; to roll steel rails, etc.
To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by
means of, rollers or small wheels.
To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as
a drum; to sound a roll upon.
To apply (one line or
surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one
line or surface) into successive contact with another, in suck manner
that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are
equal.
To turn over in one's mind; to
revolve.
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To
move, as a curved object may, along a surface by rotation without
sliding; to revolve upon an axis; to turn over and over; as, a ball or
wheel rolls on the earth; a body rolls on an inclined
plane.
To move on wheels; as, the carriage
rolls along the street.
To be wound or formed into a cylinder or
ball; as, the cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls
well.
To fall or tumble; -- with over; as,
a stream rolls over a precipice.
To perform a periodical revolution; to move
onward as with a revolution; as, the rolling year; ages
roll away.
To turn; to move circularly.
To move, as waves or billows, with
alternate swell and depression.
To incline first to one side, then to the
other; to rock; as, there is a great difference in ships about
rolling; in a general semse, to be tossed about.
To turn over, or from side to side, while
lying down; to wallow; as, a horse rolls.
To spread under a roller or rolling-pin;
as, the paste rolls well.
To beat a drum with strokes so rapid that
they can scarcely be distinguished by the ear.
To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise;
as, the thunder rolls.
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| Roll (roll) |
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| n. | |
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| Roll |
| fr. L. rotulus (?) little wheel, LL., a roll,
dim. of L. rota a wheel. See Roll, v.,
and cf. Rôle, Rouleau, Roulette.] |
The act of rolling, or state of being rolled;
as, the roll of a ball; the roll of waves.
That which rolls; a roller.
That which is rolled up; as, a roll
of fat, of wool, paper, cloth, etc.
A kind of shortened raised biscuit or
bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself.
The oscillating movement of
a vessel from side to side, in sea way, as distinguished from the
alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called
pitching.
A heavy, reverberatory sound; as, the
roll of cannon, or of thunder.
The uniform beating of a drum with strokes
so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
Part; office; duty; rôle.
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