midshipman's roll

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• Roll

  ·v Part; office; duty; role. II. Roll ·v That which rolls; a roller. III. Roll ·v A cylindrical tw...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Roll

  The common form of ancient books. The Hebrew word rendered "roll" or "volume" is meghillah, found in...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• roll

  A uniform beat of the drum, without variation, for a considerable time. The divisions are summoned b...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Roll

  A book in ancient times consisted of a single long strip of paper or parchment, which was usually ke...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• midshipman's nuts

  Broken pieces of biscuit as dessert. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Counter-roll

  ·noun A duplicate roll (record or account) kept by an officer as a check upon another officer's roll...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Ragman's roll

  ·- The rolls of deeds on parchment in which the Scottish nobility and gentry subscribed allegiance t...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• roll up

  v. intr. to gather, to assemble. 1887. J. Farrell, `How he died,' p. 26: «The miners all rolled u...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• roll-up

  n. a meeting. See preceding verb. 1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Miner's Right,' c. xxxv. p. 308: «Makin...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• bend-roll

  A rest formerly used for a heavy musket. ...

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• easy roll

  A vessel is said to "roll deep but easy" when she moves slowly, and not with quick jerks. ...

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• fire-roll

  A peculiar beat of the drum to order people to their stations on an alarm of fire. Summons to quarte...

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• muster-roll

  A document kept by the master of every British vessel, specifying the name, age, quality, and countr...

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• Tobacco Roll Court

  West out of Gracechurch Street. In Bishopsgate Ward Within (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799). The site i...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• midshipman's watch and chain

  A sheep's heart and pluck. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• roll up a sail, to

  To hand it quickly. ...

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