2. Noun. (plural of roller) ¹
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Definition of Rollers
1. roller [n] - See also: roller
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rollers
Literary usage of Rollers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The essential features of the spreading frame are: (l) the feeding cloth or
creeping sheet, which delivers the flax to (2) a pair of feed and jockey rollers ..."
2. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition by Andrew Ure (1844)
"The first and second pairs of 1212 rollers, A and H, move only one third as quick
aa c ... The slow mulini] of the rollers A, is given by a large wheel a, ..."
3. Commercial Nomenclature by John K. Chandler, John C. Redman, Virginia H. Wood, Caroline S. Larner (1897)
"Rollers, Galley. Rollers, Garden. Rollers, Gate. Rollers, Granulating ... Rollers,
Vibrating. Rollers, Wooden. Rollers and Stitchers, Hand, Rubber. ..."
4. The Cyclopædia;: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature.by Abraham Rees by Abraham Rees (1819)
"Sugar-mills were formerly made of wood in the framing, and the rollers were made
of hard wood ; afterwards they were covered with an iron ..."
5. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"I do not claim the use of friction rollers, embracing and guiding the edge of a
circular saw, as these have been previously used for that purpose; ..."
6. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1906)
"... recognized that there was a defect somewhere in the rollers, and In trying to
locate the trouble, which was a necessary duty of the plaintiff. ..."
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