(a) To move by turning over, roll; ~ doun, roll down (an incline), tumble; (b) to roll about amid the waves, toss; (c) of a horse: to gallop, move at a smooth pace; (d) of a trap door: to swing or drop open; (e) of the eyes: to turn around in their sockets; (f) of a mad dog: to stagger, reel; (g) to wander, go about idly; ~ abouten; (h) ~ to and fro, ~ up and doun, fig. to pass repetitively through one's consciousness; (i) rollinge bon, the patella, kneecap.

(a) To roll (sb. or sth.), turn around, turn over, roll back and forth; stir (an ointment); turn (sb.) about on Fortune's wheel so that he falls off; ~ up so doun, turn (sth.) upside down; (b) to cause (sb. or sth.) to roll through a distance; (c) to move (sth.) by rolling or by means of rollers; rollinge tour, a wheeled platform or tower used to attack the walls of a castle; (d) to roll (one's eyes); (e) to roll (sth. in one's mouth); (f) to turn (sth.) over (in one's mind), consider, ponder; refl. ~ in his relatives, consider his affairs; ~ up, ~ up and doun, reflect upon (sth.); (g) ~ on tongue, to talk about (sb.).

(a) To roll (sth.) up, wrap up, cover; ~ in, wrap (sb. or sth.) in (sth.), enclose (fish) in (a piecrust); (b) to lead a roll of bandage in bandaging; roll (a bandage over part of the body); bandage (a part of the body); ~ up; (c) to wrap in clothes, swaddle; swaddle (a child); (d) to coil (a length of bandage) into a roll; rolled worsted, a standard size of worsted sold by the bolt; (e) ~ on, to overhang (sth.) in rolls or loose folds; (f) ppl. rollinge as adj.: of hair: curly.

(a) To make (sth.) round by rolling, roll (sth. between the hands); ~ on balles, roll (sth.) into balls; (b) to roll out (pastry dough); (c) to polish (a weapon) by means of rolling, perh. by placing it in a barrel of sand and rolling the barrel [cp. rokken v.2.(d)]; (d) ?to mangle (the intestines).