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Capable of being restrained; controllable. Sir T. Browne.

y or navy, by the beat of a drum or the sounding of trumpet or bugle, at sunset (when the roll is called), or for retiring from action.

examination and alteration or reversal of a final decree which has been duly signed and enrolled. Wharton. -- Commission of review (Eng. Eccl. Law), a commission formerly granted by the crown to revise the sentence of the court of delegates.

To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight. [Obs.] Spenser.

Rolled backward or downward.

Return to a point before occupied, or to a point relatively the same; a rolling back; return; as, revolution in an ellipse or spiral. That fear Comes thundering back, with dreadful revolution, On my defenseless head. Milton.

To turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; to rotate, -- which is the more specific word in this sense. If the earth revolve thus, each house pear the equator must move a thousand miles an hour. I. Watts.

A kind of motor speed controller permitting of very gradual variation in speed and of reverse. It is especially suitable for use with motor driven machine tools.

by cutting the pith of a large herb (Fatsia papyrifera, related to the ginseng) into one roll or sheet, which is flattened out under pressure. Called also pith paper. -- Rice troupial (Zoöl.), the bobolink. -- Rice water, a drink for invalids made by boiling a small quantity of rice in water. -- Rice-water discharg…

Having the lips widely separated and gaping like an open mouth; as a ringent bilabiate corolla.

ice, generally under cover, used for skating; also, a floor prepared for skating on with roller skates, or a building with such a floor.

The rococo system of scroll ornament, based in part on the forms of shells and water-worn rocks.

To roll or saway backward and forward upon a support; as, to rock in a rocking-chair.

Having a swaying, rolling, or back-and-forth movement; used for rocking. Rocking shaft. (Mach.) See Rock shaft.

Rolly-poly.

Like a rose in shape or appearance; as, a rosaceous corolla.

feed upon the leaves, buds, or blossoms of the rose, especially Cacæcia rosaceana, which rolls up the leaves for a nest, and devours both the leaves and buds.

A register or roll showing the order in which officers, enlisted men, companies, or regiments are called on to serve.

parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped; as, a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla, i.e., a monopetalous corolla with a flattish border, and no tube or a very short one.

that which gives a rotary or rolling motion, as a muscle which partially rotates or turns some part on its axis.