roller : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: roller	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
roller n a grounder that rolls along the infield a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore Synonym(s): roller, roll, rolling wave a small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate) a cylinder that revolves a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it; "a woman with her head full of curlers is not a pretty sight" Synonym(s): curler, hair curler, roller, crimper Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground Synonym(s): roller, tumbler, tumbler pigeon
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roller \Roll"er\, 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. --W. Savage. 6. A long cylinder on which something is rolled up; as, the roller of a man. 7. A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc. 8. (Zo[94]l.) ANy insect whose larva rolls up leaves; a leaf roller. see {Tortrix}. 9. [CF. F. rollier.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of Old World picarian birds of the family {Coraciad[91]}. The name alludes to their habit of suddenly turning over or [bd]tumbling[b8] in flight. Note: Many of the species are brilliantly colored. The common European species ({Coracias garrula}) has the head, neck, and under parts light blue varied with green, the scapulars chestnut brown, and the tail blue, green, and black. The broad-billed rollers of India and Africa belong to the genus {Eurystomus}, as the oriental roller ({E. orientalis}), and the Australian roller, or dollar bird ({E. Pacificus}). The latter is dark brown on the head and neck, sea green on the back, and bright blue on the throat, base of the tail, and parts of the wings. It has a silvery-white spot on the middle of each wing.