Definition of roller

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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..

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Logroller :: Logroller (n.) One who engages in logrolling.
Swathe :: Swathe (n.) To bind with a swathe, band, bandage, or rollers..
Windlass :: Windlass (n.) A machine for raising weights, consisting of a horizontal cylinder or roller moving on its axis, and turned by a crank, lever, or similar means, so as to wind up a rope or chain attached to the weight. In vessels the windlass is often used instead of the capstan for raising the anchor. It is usually set upon the forecastle, and is worked by hand or steam..
Roll :: Roll (n.) To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels..
Tramper :: Tramper (n.) One who tramps; a stroller; a vagrant or vagabond; a tramp.
Distribute :: Distribute (v. t.) To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table..
Nugacity :: Nugacity (n.) Futility; trifling talk or behavior; drollery.
Hammerhead :: Hammerhead (n.) A fresh-water fish; the stone-roller.
Troller :: Troller (n.) One who trolls.
Langate :: Langate (n.) A linen roller used in dressing wounds.
Roll :: Roll (v. i.) To spread under a roller or rolling-pin; as, the paste rolls well..
Bohemian :: Bohemian (n.) A restless vagabond; -- originally, an idle stroller or gypsy (as in France) thought to have come from Bohemia; in later times often applied to an adventurer in art or literature, of irregular, unconventional habits, questionable tastes, or free morals..
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..
Trundle :: Trundle (v. i.) A motion as of something moving upon little wheels or rollers; a rolling motion.
Roller :: Roller (n.) ANy insect whose larva rolls up leaves; a leaf roller. see Tortrix.
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..
Kirumbo :: Kirumbo (n.) A bird of Madagascar (Leptosomus discolor), the only living type of a family allied to the rollers. It has a pair of loral plumes. The male is glossy green above, with metallic reflections; the female is spotted with brown and black..
Ductor :: Ductor (n.) A contrivance for removing superfluous ink or coloring matter from a roller. See Doctor, 4..
Mill :: Mill (n.) A hardened steel roller having a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, as copper..
Circler :: Circler (n.) A mean or inferior poet, perhaps from his habit of wandering around as a stroller; an itinerant poet. Also, a name given to the cyclic poets. See under Cyclic, a..
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