{ Roke"age (?), Rok"ee (?), } n. [Cf. Nocake.] Parched Indian corn,
pounded up and mixed with sugar; -- called also yokeage. [Local, U.S.]
Rok"e*lay (?), n. [Cf. Roquelaure.] A short cloak. [Written also
rockelay, rocklay, etc.] [Scot.]
Rok"y (?), a. [See Roke.] Misty; foggy; cloudy. [Prov. Eng.] Ray.
Rôle (?), n. [F. See Roll.] A part, or character, performed by an actor
in a drama; hence, a part of function taken or assumed by any one; as,
he has now taken the rôle of philanthropist.
Title rôle, the part, or character, which gives the title to a play, as
the part of Hamlet in the play of that name.
Roll (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rolled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Rolling.]
[OF. roeler, roler, F. rouler, LL. rotulare, fr. L. royulus, rotula, a
little wheel, dim. of rota wheel; akin to G. rad, and to Skr. ratha
car, chariot. Cf. Control, Roll, n., Rotary.] 1. To cause to revolve by
turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward
by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface; as, to roll a
wheel, a ball, or a barrel.
2. To wrap round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical
body by causing to turn over and over; as, to roll a sheet of paper; to
roll parchment; to roll clay or putty into a ball.
3. To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to inwrap; -- often
with up; as, to roll up a parcel.
4. To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling; as, a
river rolls its waters to the ocean.
The flood of Catholic reaction was rolled over Europe.
J. A. Symonds.
5. To utter copiously, esp. with sounding words; to utter with a deep
sound; -- often with forth, or out; as, to roll forth some one's
praises; to roll out sentences.
Who roll'd the psalm to wintry skies.
Tennyson.
6. To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll,
roller, or rollers; as, to roll a field; to roll paste; to roll steel
rails, etc.
7. To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or
small wheels.
8. To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll
upon.
9. (Geom.) To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping;
to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact
with another, in suck manner that at every instant the parts that have
been in contact are equal.