Long roll (Mil.), a prolonged roll of the drums, as the signal of an
attack by the enemy, and for the troops to arrange themselves in line.
-- Master of the rolls. See under Master. -- Roll call, the act, or the
time, of calling over a list names, as among soldiers. -- Rolls of
court, of parliament (or of any public body), the parchments or rolls
on which the acts and proceedings of that body are engrossed by the
proper officer, and which constitute the records of such public body.
-- To call the roll, to call off or recite a list or roll of names of
persons belonging to an organization, in order to ascertain who are
present or to obtain responses from those present.
Syn. -- List; schedule; catalogue; register; inventory. See List.
Roll"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being rolled.
Roll"er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, rolls; especially, a
cylinder, sometimes grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in
husbandry and the arts.
2. A bandage; a fillet; properly, a long and broad bandage used in
surgery.
3. (Naut.) One of series of long, heavy waves which roll in upon a
coast, sometimes in calm weather.
4. A long, belt-formed towel, to be suspended on a rolling cylinder; --
called also roller towel.
5. (Print.) 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.
6. A long cylinder on which something is rolled up; as, the roller of a
man.