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t resistance to motion experienced by one body rolling upon another which arises from the roughness or other quality of the surfaces in contact. -- Rolling mill, a mill furnished with heavy rolls, between which heated metal is passed, to form it into sheets, rails, etc. -- Rolling press. (a) A machine for calendering…

Characterized by roughness; umpolished; raw; lacking delicacy or refinement; coarse. Such gardening tools as art, yet rude, . . . had formed. Milton.

Roughness or ruggedness. [Obs.] Feltham.

Roughness; ruggedness. [Obs.] Burton.

The state of being scaly; roughness.

The quality or state of being shaggy; roughness; shaggedness.

l seeds into the grain or hair side when moist, and afterward, when dry, scraping off the roughness left between them, and then, by soaking, causing the portions of the skin which had been compressed or indented by the seeds to swell up into relief. It is used for covering small cases and boxes.

Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points can be perceived by the touch; not rough; as, smooth glass; smooth porcelain. Chaucer. The outlines must be smooth, imperceptible to the touch, and even, without eminence or cavities. Dryden.

Softly; without roughness or harshness; gently; quietly. Chaucer. A knight soft riding toward them. Spenser.

(Zoöl.) A wartlike elevation or roughness.

hence, any roughness; unevenness. Not the least wrinkle to deform the sky. Dryden.