roil : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: roil	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
roil v be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm" [syn: churn, boil, moil, roil] make turbid by stirring up the sediments of Synonym(s): roil, rile
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.