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Bible Dictionaries
Roller
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) ANy insect whose larva rolls up leaves; a leaf roller. see Tortrix.
(2):
(n.) A long cylinder on which something is rolled up; as, the roller of a man.
(3):
(n.) Any species of small ground snakes of the family Tortricidae.
(4):
(n.) A long, belt-formed towel, to be suspended on a rolling cylinder; - called also roller towel.
(5):
(n.) A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.
(6):
(n.) 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.
(7):
(n.) 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.
(8):
(n.) One who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder, sometimes grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in husbandry and the arts.
(9):
(n.) A bandage; a fillet; properly, a long and broad bandage used in surgery.
(10):
(n.) One of series of long, heavy waves which roll in upon a coast, sometimes in calm weather.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Roller'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/r/roller.html. 1828.
