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roller skate
(encz) | roller skate,kolečkové brusle PetrV |
Roller skate
(gcide) | Skate \Skate\ (sk[=a]t), n. [D. schaats. Cf. Scatches.]
A metallic runner with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a
shoe, -- made to be fastened under the foot, and used for
moving rapidly on ice.
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Batavia rushes forth; and as they sweep,
On sounding skates, a thousand different ways,
In circling poise, swift as the winds, along,
The then gay land is maddened all to joy. --Thomson.
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Roller skate. See under Roller.
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Roller skate
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10. (Zool.) Any species of small ground snakes of the family
Tortricidae.
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Ground roller (Zool.), any one of several species of
Madagascar rollers belonging to Atelornis and allied
genera. They are nocturnal birds, and feed on the ground.
Roller bolt, the bar in a carriage to which the traces are
attached; a whiffletree. [Eng.]
Roller gin, a cotton gin inn which rolls are used for
separating the seeds from the fiber.
Roller mill. See under Mill.
Roller skate, a skate which has small wheels in the place
of the metallic runner; -- designed for use in skating
upon a smooth, hard surface, other than ice.
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Roller skate
(gcide) | Roller skate \Roll"er skate\
1. a shoe with a set of wheels attached so that the wearer
can glide over a flat surface. To move on such a device is
reverred to as to skate or to rollerskate. To rollerskate
is a form of recreation or sport.
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2. a metal frame of the size of a shoe, with a set of wheels
attached, and with adjustable clamps and straps that
permit a shoe to be reversibly fastened to the frame. It
serves the same purpose as the roller skate having the
shoe permanently attached, but is typically less
expensive.
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roller skate
(wn) | roller skate
n 1: a shoe with pairs of rollers fixed to the sole
v 1: travel on shoes with steel or rubber rollers attached to
their soles; "In some fashionable restaurants, the waiters
roller skate around" |
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roller skate
(encz) | roller skate,kolečkové brusle PetrV |
roller skater
(encz) | roller skater, |
roller skate
(wn) | roller skate
n 1: a shoe with pairs of rollers fixed to the sole
v 1: travel on shoes with steel or rubber rollers attached to
their soles; "In some fashionable restaurants, the waiters
roller skate around" |
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