Found 1 items, similar to To roll about.
English → English (gcide) Definition: To roll about Roll \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. [1913 Webster] And her foot, look you, is fixed upon a spherical stone, which rolls, and rolls, and rolls. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To move on wheels; as, the carriage rolls along the street. “The rolling chair.” --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball; as, the cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls well. [1913 Webster] 4. To fall or tumble; -- with over; as, a stream rolls over a precipice. [1913 Webster] 5. To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution; as, the rolling year; ages roll away. [1913 Webster] 6. To turn; to move circularly. [1913 Webster] And his red eyeballs roll with living fire. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 7. To move, as waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression. [1913 Webster] What different sorrows did within thee roll. --Prior. [1913 Webster] 8. To incline first to one side, then to the other; to rock; as, there is a great difference in ships about rolling; in a general semse, to be tossed about. [1913 Webster] Twice ten tempestuous nights I rolled. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 9. To turn over, or from side to side, while lying down; to wallow; as, a horse rolls. [1913 Webster] 10. To spread under a roller or rolling-pin; as, the paste rolls well. [1913 Webster] 11. To beat a drum with strokes so rapid that they can scarcely be distinguished by the ear. [1913 Webster] 12. To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise; as, the thunder rolls. [1913 Webster] To roll about, to gad abroad. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Man shall not suffer his wife go roll about. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]