Full oft in heart he rolleth up and down The beauty of these
florins new and bright.
Chaucer.
To roll one's self, to wallow. -- To roll the eye, to direct its axis
hither and thither in quick succession. -- To roll one's r's, to utter
the letter r with a trill. [Colloq.]
Roll, v. i. 1. To move, as a curved object may, along a surface by
rotation without sliding; to revolve upon an axis; to turn over and
over; as, a ball or wheel rolls on the earth; a body rolls on an
inclined plane.
And her foot, look you, is fixed upon a spherical stone, which
rolls, and rolls, and rolls.
Shak.
2. To move on wheels; as, the carriage rolls along the street. "The
rolling chair." Dryden.
3. To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball; as, the cloth rolls
unevenly; the snow rolls well.
4. To fall or tumble; -- with over; as, a stream rolls over a
precipice.
5. To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a
revolution; as, the rolling year; ages roll away.