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roil

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Roil  \Roil\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Roiled};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Roiling}.]  [Cf.  OE  roilen  to  wander;  possibly  fr  OF 
  roeler  to  roll,  equiv.  to  F.  rouler.  See  {Roll},  v.,  and  cf 
  {Rile}.] 
  1.  To  render  turbid  by  stirring  up  the  dregs  or  sediment  of 
  as  to  roil  wine,  cider,  etc.,  in  casks  or  bottles;  to 
  roil  a  spring. 
 
  2.  To  disturb,  as  the  temper;  to  ruffle  the  temper  of  to 
  rouse  the  passion  of  resentment  in  to  perplex. 
 
  That  his  friends  should  believe  it  was  what  roiled 
  him  [Judge  Jeffreys]  exceedingly.  --R.  North. 
 
  Note:  Provincial  in  England  and  colloquial  in  the  United 
  States.  A  commoner,  but  less  approved,  form  is  rile. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Roil  \Roil\,  v.  i. 
  1.  To  wander;  to  roam.  [Obs.] 
 
  2.  To  romp.  [Prov.  Eng.]  --Halliwell. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  roil 
  v  1:  be  agitated;  of  liquids  [syn:  {churn},  {boil},  {moil}] 
  2:  make  turbid  by  stirring  up  the  sediments  of  [syn:  {rile}]




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