Definitions for the word "roller" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
One who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder, sometimes grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in husbandry and the arts.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
A bandage; a fillet; properly, a long and broad bandage used in surgery.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
One of series of long, heavy waves which roll in upon a coast, sometimes in calm weather.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A long, belt-formed towel, to be suspended on a rolling cylinder; -- called also roller towel.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A long cylinder on which something is rolled up; as, the roller of a man.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
ANy insect whose larva rolls up leaves; a leaf roller. see Tortrix.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
Any species of small ground snakes of the family Tortricidae.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. n.
1 a revolving cylinder for smoothing, spreading, crushing, stamping, hanging a towel on, etc., used alone or in a machine. B cylinder for diminishing friction when moving a heavy object. 2 small cylinder on which hair is rolled for setting. 3 long swelling wave.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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