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2. Noun. (plural of roll) ¹

3. Verb. (third-person singular of roll) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rolls

1. roll [v] - See also: roll

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rolls

Literary usage of Rolls

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The mills which make small rods and wire usually have their stacks of rolls set side by side in a rank. The bar coming from one pair of rolls is caught by ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The mills which make small rods and wire usually have their stacks of rolls set side by side in a rank. The bar coming Trom one pair of rolls is caught by ..."

3. Annual Report by Minneapolis (Minn.), Board of Park Commissioners (1896)
"LAKE OF THE ISLES— I.abor, as per pay rolls ... as per pay rolls 337.50 WA Mather, gravel 47.6O Hardware, ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The ingots are taken to the break-down rolls in drafts of about 50 ingots, where they are passed through the rolls several times, according as they prove ..."

5. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1893)
"The mill is so arranged that the roughing rolls are connected directly to the finishing rolls, thus doing away with the set of pinions usually employed at ..."

6. A History of English Law by William Searle Holdsworth, John Burke (1903)
"t ' The title of the Master of the rolls in the Middle Ages is Clerk or ... Spence i 357. of the rolls, Spence i 100, 357; History of the Chancery 21, 22. ..."

7. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1889)
"The ore ,is crushed, passed through a 15-mesh sieve, and then delivered ,to the Buchanan magnetic separator. This consists of iron rolls revolving on ..."

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