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Roiling   /rˈɔɪlɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Roil  v. t.  (past & past part. roiled; pres. part. roiling)  
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." Note: Provincial in England and colloquial in the United States. A commoner, but less approved, form is rile.


Roil  v. i.  
1.
To wander; to roam. (Obs.)
2.
To romp. (Prov. Eng.)





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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... heard a very small sneeze. Out of a rolling wall of still-roiling dust, Murgatroyd appeared forlornly. He was dust-covered, and draggled, and his tail drooped, and he sneezed again. He moved as if he could barely put one paw before another, but at the sight of Calhoun he sneezed yet again and said, "Chee!" in ...
— Pariah Planet • Murray Leinster


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