one who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder, sometimes grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in husbandry and the arts.-a bandage; a fillet; properly, a long and broad bandage used in surgery.-one of series of long, heavy waves which roll in upon a coast, sometimes in calm weather.-a long, belt-formed towel, to be suspended on a rolling cylinder; -- called also roller towel.-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.-a long cylinder on which something is rolled up; as, the roller of a man.-a small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.-any insect whose larva rolls up leaves; a leaf roller. see tortrix.-any one of numerous species of old world picarian birds of the family coraciadae. the name alludes to their habit of suddenly turning over or "tumbling" in flight.-any species of small ground snakes of the family tortricidae.