Definition of rolling

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Rolling (a.) Rotating on an axis, or moving along a surface by rotation; turning over and over as if on an axis or a pivot; as, a rolling wheel or ball..

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Tundra :: Tundra (n.) A rolling, marshy, mossy plain of Northern Siberia..
Gimbals :: Gimbals (n.) A contrivance for permitting a body to incline freely in all directions, or for suspending anything, as a barometer, ship's compass, chronometer, etc., so that it will remain plumb, or level, when its support is tipped, as by the rolling of a ship. It consists of a ring in which the body can turn on an axis through a diameter of the ring, while the ring itself is so pivoted to its support that it can turn about a diameter at right angles to the first..
Vagabond :: Vagabond (a.) Being a vagabond; strolling and idle or vicious.
Bloom :: Bloom (n.) A large bar of steel formed directly from an ingot by hammering or rolling, being a preliminary shape for further working..
Volvox :: Volvox (n.) A genus of minute, pale-green, globular, organisms, about one fiftieth of an inch in diameter, found rolling through water, the motion being produced by minute colorless cilia. It has been considered as belonging to the flagellate Infusoria, but is now referred to the vegetable kingdom, and each globule is considered a colony of many individuals. The commonest species is Volvox globator, often called globe animalcule..
Roll :: Roll (v. i.) To spread under a roller or rolling-pin; as, the paste rolls well..
Roll :: Roll (v.) One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill; as, to pass rails through the rolls..
Advolution :: Advolution (n.) A rolling toward something.
Roll :: Roll (v. i.) To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution; as, the rolling year; ages roll away..
Goggle :: Goggle (v. i.) A strained or affected rolling of the eye.
Regulator :: Regulator (n.) A contrivance for regulating and controlling motion, as: (a) The lever or index in a watch, which controls the effective length of the hairspring, and thus regulates the vibrations of the balance. (b) The governor of a steam engine. (c) A valve for controlling the admission of steam to the steam chest, in a locomotive..
Law :: Law (n.) Any edict, decree, order, ordinance, statute, resolution, judicial, decision, usage, etc., or recognized, and enforced, by the controlling authority..
Historionomer :: Historionomer (n.) One versed in the phenomena of history and the laws controlling them.
List :: List (v. i.) To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.
Vernation :: Vernation (n.) The arrangement of the leaves within the leaf bud, as regards their folding, coiling, rolling, etc.; prefoliation..
Laminate :: Laminate (v. t.) To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling..
Larget :: Larget (n.) A sport piece of bar iron for rolling into a sheet; a small billet.
Prolling :: Prolling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prol.
Enrolling :: Enrolling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enrol.
Carolling :: Carolling () of Caro.
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