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roll(2) (iou)



roll noun2. L17.
[from the verb.]
A rapid succession of notes, esp. on a drum, producing an almost continuous sound; transf. any almost continuous reverberating sound. L17.
S. T. Felstead The drums..played a murderously fast roll. E. Welty The house shook..after a long roll of thunder.
b. Phonetics. A trill. M20.
The action or an act of rolling. M18.
H. Williamson The roll of the earth from darkness into light was brief.
b. A rolling gait or motion; a swagger. M19.
C. Ekwensi She walked with a roll of her hips.
c. (A) full or partial rotation by a vehicle, aircraft, or boat about its longitudinal axis. M19.
C. Francis Lack of stability may produce more than a bad roll. Buses To steer so quickly as to induce a certain amount of roll.
d. A gymnastic Exercise in which the body is rolled into a tucked position and turned in a forward or backward circle. L19.
e. A throw of a die or dice. E20.
f. An act of sexual intercourse or erotic fondling. Chiefly in a roll in the hay s.v. HAY noun1. colloq. M20.
A sonorous or rhythmical flow of words in verse or prose. M18.
An undulation or swell on the surface of land. M19.
Phrases: a roll in the hay: see HAY noun1. on a roll slang (chiefly N. Amer.) (a) enjoying a series of successes or a run of luck; (b) engaged in a period of intense activity. western roll: see WESTERN adjective.
Comb.: roll axis the axis about which a vehicle, aircraft, or boat rolls; roll bar an overhead metal bar strengthening the frame of a motor vehicle (esp. in racing) and protecting the occupants if the vehicle overturns; roll cage a centre box section in a motor vehicle for protecting the occupants if the vehicle overturns; roll cast verb trans. & intrans. (Angling) cast (a line) without throwing it behind; roll rate the angular velocity of a vehicle, aircraft, or boat about its roll axis.

duumvir (medicine)


duumvir


Origin: L, fr. Duo two + vir man.

One of two Roman officers or magistrates united in the same public functions.

Source: Websters Dictionary