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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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roll2 turn or cause to turn over and over as on an axis or in a socket XIV; coil or cause to coil into a mass; make a reverberating noise XVI. — OF.
rol(l)er, (also mod.)
rouler :- Rom. *
rotulāre, f. L.
rotulus ROLL1.
Hence sb. act of rolling. XVII.
roller1 (
-ER1) cylindrical object, as of wood, metal, etc. XV.
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Circassians
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Mingrelians
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