n. | 1. | One who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder, sometimes grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in husbandry and the arts. |
| 2. | A bandage; a fillet; properly, a long and broad bandage used in surgery. |
| 3. | (Naut.) One of series of long, heavy waves which roll in upon a coast, sometimes in calm weather. |
| 4. | A long, belt-formed towel, to be suspended on a rolling cylinder; - called also roller towel. |
| 5. | (Print.) 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. |
| 6. | A long cylinder on which something is rolled up; as, the roller of a map. |
| 7. | A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc. |
| 8. | (Zool.) Any insect whose larva rolls up leaves; a leaf roller. see Tortrix. |
| 9. | (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of Old World picarian birds of the family Coraciadæ. The name alludes to their habit of suddenly turning over or "tumbling" in flight. |
| 10. | (Zool.) Any species of small ground snakes of the family Tortricidæ. |