Rolling

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Roll.

II. Rolling ·adj Moving on wheels or rollers, or as if on wheels or rollers; as, a rolling chair.

III. Rolling ·adj Having gradual, rounded undulations of surface; as, a rolling country; rolling land.

IV. Rolling ·adj Rotating on an axis, or moving along a surface by rotation; turning over and over as if on an axis or a pivot; as, a rolling wheel or ball.

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