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Webster 1913 Edition
Roil
Roil
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Roiled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Roiling
.] 1.
To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of;
as, to
, in casks or bottles; to roil a spring. roil
wine, cider, etc. 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.
☞ Provincial in England and colloquial in the United States. A commoner, but less approved, form is rile.
Roil
,Verb.
I.
1.
To wander; to roam.
[Obs.]
2.
To romp.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
Webster 1828 Edition
Roil
ROIL
, v.t.1.
To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment; as, to roil wine, cider or other liquor in casks or bottles.2.
To excite some degree of anger; to disturb the passion of resentment. [These senses are in common use in New England, and locally in England.]3.
To perplex. [Local in England.]