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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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ROLLER, n.
One who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder, sometimes
grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in husbandry and the
arts.
A bandage; a fillet; properly, a long and
broad bandage used in surgery.
One of series of long, heavy
waves which roll in upon a coast, sometimes in calm weather.
A long, belt-formed towel, to be suspended
on a rolling cylinder; -- called also roller towel.
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. A long cylinder on which something is
rolled up; as, the roller of a man.
A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller
skate, etc.
ANy insect whose larva
rolls up leaves; a leaf roller. see Tortrix.
Any one of numerous species of Old World picarian birds of the
family Coraciadæ. The name alludes to their habit of
suddenly turning over or "tumbling" in flight.
* 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. Any species of small
ground snakes of the family Tortricidæ.
Ground roller (Zoöl.), any one of several species of Madagascar rollers belonging to Atelornis and allied genera. They are nocturnal birds, and feed on the ground. -- Roller bolt, the bar in a carriage to which the traces are attached; a whiffletree. [Eng.] -- Roller gin, a cotton gin inn which rolls are used for separating the seeds from the fiber. -- Roller mill. See under Mill. -- Roller skate, a skate which has small wheels in the place of the metallic runner; -- designed for use in skating upon a smooth, hard surface, other than ice. | ||||||||