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verb

Roil v. t. (past & past part. roiled; pres. part. roiling)

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.

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." Note: Provincial in England and colloquial in the United States. A commoner, but less approved, form is rile.

Roil v. i.

To wander; to roam. (Obs.)

To romp. (Prov. Eng.)

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Etymology of 'Roiled'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Roiled" Quotes from Famous Books

... he noted some sort of an instrument swinging from a hook on a carline. He investigated. It was a makeshift barometer, the advertising gift of a yeast company. The contents of its tube were roiled to the height of the mark which was ...

— Blow The Man Down - A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 • Holman Day

... Now, he was roiled by the enchantments of the Queen, caught in the snare of her beguilings; and he let her lead him to a seat beside her on the throne, and sat there awhile in the midst of feastings, mazed, thinking, 'What life have I lived before this, if the matter be as I behold?' ...

— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

... it into the Prophet's own hands—" She drew out a pencil and wrote a few enigmatical words. "Give it into his own hands; and I can promise you that your reward will be greater than you think." With a rapid movement, she roiled up the paper and held it out ...

— The Mystics - A Novel • Katherine Cecil Thurston

... in his passions, he feels his passion approaching, he loves to fish in roiled waters. Though that dragon cannot sting the vitals of the elect mortally, yet that Beelzebub can fly-blow ...

— History of American Literature • Reuben Post Halleck

... shut the door, and they heard his voice immediately uplifted in prayer. They waited a little, and the sound roiled steadily on. Sir Walter then bade Masters extinguish all the lights and send the household to bed, though the time was ...

— The Grey Room • Eden Phillpotts