Definition of roll

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Roll (v.) Part; office; duty; role.

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Voluble :: Voluble (a.) Easily rolling or turning; easily set in motion; apt to roll; rotating; as, voluble particles of matter..
Tortrix :: Tortrix (n.) Any one of numerous species of small moths of the family Tortricidae, the larvae of which usually roll up the leaves of plants on which they live; -- also called leaf roller..
Swell :: Swell (n.) A wave, or billow; especially, a succession of large waves; the roll of the sea after a storm; as, a heavy swell sets into the harbor..
Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription, etc..
Pompadour :: Pompadour (n.) A crimson or pink color; also, a style of dress cut low and square in the neck; also, a mode of dressing the hair by drawing it straight back from the forehead over a roll; -- so called after the Marchioness de Pompadour of France. Also much used adjectively..
Rolling :: Rolling (a.) Having gradual, rounded undulations of surface; as, a rolling country; rolling land..
Walter :: Walter (v. i.) To roll or wallow; to welter.
Cycloid :: Cycloid (n.) A curve generated by a point in the plane of a circle when the circle is rolled along a straight line, keeping always in the same plane..
Quoin :: Quoin (n.) To prevent casks from rolling.
Rowel :: Rowel (v. t.) To insert a rowel, or roll of hair or silk, into (as the flesh of a horse)..
Roll :: Roll (n.) To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.
Nectary :: Nectary (n.) That part of a blossom which secretes nectar, usually the base of the corolla or petals; also, the spur of such flowers as the larkspur and columbine, whether nectariferous or not. See the Illustration of Nasturtium..
Disenrolling :: Disenrolling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disenrol.
Polypetalous :: Polypetalous (a.) Consisting of, or having, several or many separate petals; as, a polypetalous corolla, flower, or plant..
Felt :: Felt (n.) A cloth or stuff made of matted fibers of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving..
Roll :: Roll (v.) That which is rolled up; as, a roll of fat, of wool, paper, cloth, etc..
Rollable :: Rollable (a.) Capable of being rolled.
Swathe :: Swathe (n.) To bind with a swathe, band, bandage, or rollers..
Over :: Over (adv.) In a manner to bring the under side to or towards the top; as, to turn (one's self) over; to roll a stone over; to turn over the leaves; to tip over a cart..
Comical :: Comical (a.) Exciting mirth; droll; laughable; as, a comical story..
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