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Webster 1913 Edition
Roller
Roll′er
(rōl′ẽr)
, Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder, sometimes grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in husbandry and the arts.
2.
A bandage; a fillet; properly, a long and broad bandage used in surgery.
3.
(Naut.)
One of series of long, heavy waves which roll in upon a coast, sometimes in calm weather.
4.
A long, belt-formed towel, to be suspended on a rolling cylinder; – called also
roller towel
. 5.
(Print.)
A cylinder coated with a composition made principally of glue and molassess, with which forms of type are inked previously to taking an impression from them.
W. Savage.
6.
A long cylinder on which something is rolled up;
as, the
. roller
of a map7.
A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.
9.
[CF. F.
rollier
.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of Old World picarian birds of the family
Coraciadae
. The name alludes to their habit of suddenly turning over or “tumbling” in flight. 10.
(Zool.)
Any species of small ground snakes of the family
Tortricidae
. Ground roller
(Zool.)
, any one of several species of Madagascar rollers belonging to
– Atelornis
and allied genera. They are nocturnal birds, and feed on the ground. Roller bolt
, the bar in a carriage to which the traces are attached; a whiffletree.
[Eng.]
– Roller gin
, a cotton gin inn which rolls are used for separating the seeds from the fiber.
– Roller mill
. See under
– Mill
. Roller skate
, a skate which has small wheels in the place of the metallic runner; – designed for use in skating upon a smooth, hard surface, other than ice.
Webster 1828 Edition
Roller
ROLLER
, n.1.
That which rolls; that which turns on its own axis; particularly, a cylinder of wood, stone or metal, used in husbandry and the arts. Rollers are of various kinds and used for various purposes.2.
A bandage; a fillet; properly, a long and broad bandage used in surgery.3.
A bird of the magpie kind, about the size of a jay.A bird of the genus Coracias, found in Europe; called also the German parrot.