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n. 1. the money carried on one's person. ”He shot his bankroll on a bob-tailed nag.”
Syn. -- roll, wad. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. one's total supply of money; funds. [ PJC ]

v. t. To pay the costs of; as, Who will bankroll the restoration of the former East German economy?. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) See Colicroot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A list of servants in a household; -- called also chequer roll. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A room, attached to any place of public resort, where cloaks, overcoats, etc., may be deposited for a time. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. cucaracha. ] (Zool.) An orthopterous insect of the genus Blatta, and allied genera. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The species are numerous, especially in hot countries. Those most commonly infesting houses in Europe and North America are Blatta orientalis, a large species often called black beetle, and the Croton bug (Blatta Germanica, formerly Ectobia Germanica), also called the German cockroach. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. A room for cookery; a kitchen; the galley or caboose of a ship. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) See Crocidolite. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Dan. ] A coin of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, of the value of about twenty-eight cents (in 1913). See Crown, n., 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Kroomen One of a negro tribe of Liberia and the adjacent coast, whose members are much employed on shipboard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) See Picrolite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Med.) The root of Spigelia Marilandica, used as a powerful vermifuge; also, that of Spigelia Anthelmia. See definition 2 (below). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) (a) A perennial North American herb (Spigelia Marilandica), sometimes cultivated for its showy red blossoms. Called also Carolina pink, Maryland pinkroot, and worm grass. (b) An annual South American and West Indian plant (Spigelia Anthelmia). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A name given to any species of the genus Helianthemum, low shrubs or herbs with yellow flowers, especially the European Helianthemum vulgare and the American frostweed, Helianthemum Canadense. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cretan rockrose, a related shrub (Cistus Creticus), one of the plants yielding the fragrant gum called ladanum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Sauerkraut. [ 1913 Webster ]