Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To roll up.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To roll up.
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- verb transitive To roll up.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The British were considered more bloody-minded, firing on the downroll into the enemy ship while the French supposedly fired on the uproll, into the rigging to dismande but not kill the enemy.
John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003
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The British were considered more bloody-minded, firing on the downroll into the enemy ship while the French supposedly fired on the uproll, into the rigging to dismande but not kill the enemy.
John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003
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The whole ship shook as the guns fired on the uproll; thick white smoke, briefly shot through with sparks, was everywhere.
INTELLIVORE DIANE DUANE 2000
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Bag of reeds here, sir, lanyard there, sir, and it's best to fire on the uproll if you don't want to make us look like lubberly fools.
Sharpe's Trafalgar Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2000
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With the uproll and the downcarol of day and night delivering
St. Winefred's Well 1918
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"Yes," said Dan simply, leaning forward to take advantage of the uproll of the tug to locate the yacht more exactly.
Dan Merrithew Lawrence Perry 1914
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With the uproll and the downcarol of day and night delivering
Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins Now First Published Gerard Manley Hopkins 1866
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"Bar shot, chain shot and round shot, fired on the uproll and intended to take out our sticks.
Sharpe's Trafalgar Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2000
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