Definition of roller

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Roller (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..

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Inker :: Inker (n.) One who, or that which, inks; especially, in printing, the pad or roller which inks the type..
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.
Truck :: Truck (v. i.) A frame on low wheels or rollers; -- used for various purposes, as for a movable support for heavy bodies..
Swathe :: Swathe (n.) To bind with a swathe, band, bandage, or rollers..
Langate :: Langate (n.) A linen roller used in dressing wounds.
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..
Proller :: Proller (n.) Prowler; thief.
Shell :: Shell (n.) An engraved copper roller used in print works.
Roller :: Roller (n.) Any species of small ground snakes of the family Tortricidae.
Troller :: Troller (n.) One who trolls.
Repeat :: Repeat (n.) That which is repeated; as, the repeat of a pattern; that is, the repetition of the engraved figure on a roller by which an impression is produced (as in calico printing, etc.)..
Cot :: Cot (n.) A cover or sheath; as, a roller cot (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame); a cot for a sore finger..
Calender :: Calender (n.) To press between rollers for the purpose of making smooth and glossy, or wavy, as woolen and silk stuffs, linens, paper, etc..
Roll :: Roll (n.) To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels..
Roller :: Roller (n.) A long, belt-formed towel, to be suspended on a rolling cylinder; -- called also roller towel..
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.) 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..
Cyclostyle :: Cyclostyle (n.) A contrivance for producing manifold copies of writing or drawing. The writing or drawing is done with a style carrying a small wheel at the end which makes minute punctures in the paper, thus converting it into a stencil. Copies are transferred with an inked roller..
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..
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