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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Roll \Roll\, v. t. [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 rota wheel; akin to G. rad, and to Skr. ratha car chariot. Cf {Control}, {Roll}, n., {Rotary}.] 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to inwrap; -- often with up as to roll up a parcel. 4. To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling; as a river rolls its waters to the ocean. The flood of Catholic reaction was rolled over Europe. --J. A. Symonds 5. 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. Who roll'd the psalm to wintry skies. --Tennyson. 6. 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 7. To move or cause to be moved upon or by means of rollers or small wheels. 8. To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon 9. (Geom.) 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. 10. To turn over in one's mind; to revolve. Full oft in heart he rolleth up and down The beauty of these florins new and bright. --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Roll \Roll\, v. i. 1. 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. And her foot, look you is fixed upon a spherical stone, which rolls, and rolls, and rolls. --Shak. 2. To move on wheels; as the carriage rolls along the street. ``The rolling chair.'' --Dryden. 3. To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball; as the cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls well 4. To fall or tumble; -- with over as a stream rolls over a precipice. 5. To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution; as the rolling year; ages roll away 6. To turn; to move circularly. And his red eyeballs roll with living fire. --Dryden. 7. To move as waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression. What different sorrows did within thee roll. --Prior. 8. 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 Twice ten tempestuous nights I rolled. --Pope. 9. To turn over or from side to side while lying down to wallow; as a horse rolls. 10. To spread under a roller or rolling-pin; as the paste rolls well 11. To beat a drum with strokes so rapid that they can scarcely be distinguished by the ear. 12. To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise; as the thunder rolls. {To roll about}, to gad abroad. [Obs.] Man shall not suffer his wife go roll about --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Roll \Roll\, n. [F. r[^o]le a roll (in sense 3), fr L. rotulus ? little wheel, LL., a roll, dim. of L. rota a wheel. See {Roll}, v., and cf {R[^o]le}, {Rouleau}, {Roulette}.] 1. The act of rolling, or state of being rolled; as the roll of a ball; the roll of waves. 2. That which rolls; a roller. Specifically: a A heavy cylinder used to break clods. --Mortimer. b One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill; as to pass rails through the rolls. 3. That which is rolled up as a roll of fat, of wool, paper, cloth, etc Specifically: a A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up a scroll. Busy angels spread The lasting roll, recording what we say --Prior. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: roll n 1: a complete turn; "the plane made three rotations before it crashed" [syn: {rotation}, {revolution}, {gyration}] 2: a list of names "his name was struck off the rolls" [syn: {roster}] 3: a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore [syn: {roller}, {rolling wave}] 4: a roll of photographic film 5: a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles [syn: {coil}, {whorl}, {curl}, {curlicue}, {ringlet}, {gyre}, {scroll}] 6: a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.); "he shot his roll on a bob-tailed nag" [syn: {bankroll}] 7: small rounded bread either plain or sweet [syn: {bun}] 8: a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder) [syn: {peal}, {pealing}, {rolling}] 9: the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously [syn: {paradiddle}, {drum roll}] 10: a document that can be rolled up (as for storage) [syn: {scroll}] 11: a cylinder that revolves [syn: {roller}] 12: the act of throwing dice [syn: {cast}] 13: walking with a rolling gait 14: a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude 15: the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling) v 1: to rotate or cause to rotate: "The child rolled down the hill"; "She rolled the ball her eyes at his words" [syn: {revolve}, {turn over}] 2: move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle [syn: {wheel}] 3: occur in soft rounded shapes; "The hills rolled past" [syn: {undulate}] 4: flatten or spread with a roller; "roll out the paper" [syn: {roll out}] 5: emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound; "The thunder rolled"; "rolling drums" 6: wrap around move around [syn: {wind}, {wrap}] [ant: {unwind}] 7: begin operating or running; "The cameras were rolling"; "The presses are already rolling" 8: shape by rolling; "roll a cigarette" 9: execute a roll, in tumbling; "The gymnasts rolled and jumped" 10: sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and esp. underhanded activity [syn: {hustle}, {pluck}] 11: pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/ "She rolls her r's". 12: boil vigorously; "The liquid was seething" [syn: {seethe}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Roll, AZ Zip code(s): 85347 From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Roll the common form of ancient books. The Hebrew word rendered roll" or volume" is _meghillah_, found in Ezra 6:2; Ps 40:7; Jer. 36:2, 6, 23, 28, 29; Ezek. 2:9; 3:1-3; Zech. 5:1, 2. Rolls" (Chald. pl of sephar, corresponding to Heb. sepher) in Ezra 6:1 is rendered in the Revised Version "archives." In the New Testament the word volume" (Heb. 10:7; R.V., "roll") occurs as the rendering of the Greek kephalis, meaning the head or top of the stick or cylinder on which the manuscript was rolled, and hence the manuscript itself (See {BOOK}.)
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