Definition of roller

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Roller (n.) A long cylinder on which something is rolled up; as, the roller of a man..

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Dandy :: Dandy (n.) A dandy roller. See below.
Roller :: Roller (n.) A long, belt-formed towel, to be suspended on a rolling cylinder; -- called also roller towel..
Logroller :: Logroller (n.) One who engages in logrolling.
Enroller :: Enroller (n.) One who enrolls or registers.
Proller :: Proller (n.) Prowler; thief.
Shell :: Shell (n.) An engraved copper roller used in print works.
Controller :: Controller (n.) An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged..
Throstle :: Throstle (n.) A machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove, consisting of a set of drawing rollers with bobbins and flyers, and differing from the mule in having the twisting apparatus stationary and the processes continuous; -- so called because it makes a singing noise..
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..
Picariae :: Picariae (n. pl.) An extensive division of birds which includes the woodpeckers, toucans, trogons, hornbills, kingfishers, motmots, rollers, and goatsuckers. By some writers it is made to include also the cuckoos, swifts, and humming birds..
Drollery :: Drollery (n.) Something which serves to raise mirt.
Gassing :: Gassing (n.) The process of passing cotton goods between two rollers and exposing them to numerous minute jets of gas to burn off the small fibers; any similar process of singeing.
Nugacity :: Nugacity (n.) Futility; trifling talk or behavior; drollery.
Hammerhead :: Hammerhead (n.) A fresh-water fish; the stone-roller.
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..
Roller :: Roller (n.) A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc..
Droller :: Droller (n.) A jester; a droll.
Mangle :: Mangle (n.) A machine for smoothing linen or cotton cloth, as sheets, tablecloths, napkins, and clothing, by roller pressure..
Distribute :: Distribute (v. t.) To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table..
Trollop :: Trollop (n.) A stroller; a loiterer; esp., an idle, untidy woman; a slattern; a slut; a whore..
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