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

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
Counter-roll
·noun A duplicate roll (record or account) kept by an officer as a check upon another officer's roll...

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Ragman's roll
·- The rolls of deeds on parchment in which the Scottish nobility and gentry subscribed allegiance t...

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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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midshipman's roll
A slovenly method of rolling up a hammock transversely, and lashing it endways by one clue. ...

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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.
roll up a sail, to
To hand it quickly. ...

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