Definition of roller

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Roller (n.) One of series of long, heavy waves which roll in upon a coast, sometimes in calm weather..

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Spin :: Spin (v. t.) To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe..
Controller :: Controller (n.) An officer appointed to keep a counter register of accounts, or to examine, rectify, or verify accounts..
Rink :: Rink (n.) An artificial sheet of ice, generally under cover, used for skating; also, a floor prepared for skating on with roller skates, or a building with such a floor..
Toter :: Toter (n.) The stone roller. See Stone roller (a), under Stone..
Shell :: Shell (n.) An engraved copper roller used in print works.
Cradle :: Cradle (n.) A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship..
Drollery :: Drollery (n.) A lively or comic picture.
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..
Beetle :: Beetle (v. t.) A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; -- called also beetling machine..
Roller :: Roller (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..
Squirted :: Squirrel (v. i.) One of the small rollers of a carding machine which work with the large cylinder.
Roll :: Roll (n.) 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..
Roller :: Roller (n.) ANy insect whose larva rolls up leaves; a leaf roller. see Tortrix.
Roller :: Roller (n.) One who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder, sometimes grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in husbandry and the arts..
Drolleries :: Drolleries (pl. ) of Droller.
Inker :: Inker (n.) One who, or that which, inks; especially, in printing, the pad or roller which inks the type..
Ductor :: Ductor (n.) A contrivance for removing superfluous ink or coloring matter from a roller. See Doctor, 4..
Wire :: Wire (n.) A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance formed to an even thread by being passed between grooved rollers, or drawn through holes in a plate of steel..
Garrulous :: Garrulous (a.) Having a loud, harsh note; noisy; -- said of birds; as, the garrulous roller..
Controller :: Controller (n.) One who, or that which, controls or restraines; one who has power or authority to regulate or control; one who governs..
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