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ˈrolling-pin [f. as prec.] †1. A cylindrical piece of wood round which a banner may be rolled to prevent creasing. Obs.—1
1497in W. M. Williams Ann. Founders' Co. (1867) 47 Paid for iij Baners... Item, for a cofyn & a rollyng pin for the same Baners, xx d. 2. A roller or cylinder of wood, glass, or other material, for rolling out dough or paste to the required thickness for pie-crusts, etc.
1589Rider Biblioth. Schol., A roling pinne, magis, artopta. 1594Plat Jewell-ho. iii. 14 A rolling pinne of the same scantling. 1602― Delightes for Ladies xiii, Roule your paste vppon a sliked paper with a smooth and polished rowling-pin. a1665Sir T. T. de Mayerne Archimag. Anglo-Gall. No. 19 (1658) 14 As soon as the said Viands shall have bin beaten with the pestell or rowling pin. 1706–7Farquhar Beaux' Strat. iv. i, You must take out the Bone, and beat the Flesh soundly with a rowling-pin. 1747–96H. Glasse Art of Cookery xxi. 337 With a little rolling pin roll them out as thin as tiffany. 1844Dickens Mart. Chuz. xxxix, She tripped downstairs..for the pie-board,..then for the rolling⁓pin. 1881Macm. Mag. XLIV. 389 Flattening out a large flour cake..between her hands. There was a rolling-pin in the house, but she liked the old-fashioned way. 3. Bookbinding. An implement used for rolling leather.
1880J. W. Zaehnsdorf Bookbinding 89 Russia and calf require no setting up of the grain, but russia must be well rolled out with the rolling pin. |