roil

[Roil]

To roil means to stir up or churn. A stormy ocean might roil, or even a restless crowd.

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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.

Verb
make turbid by stirring up the sediments of

Verb
be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm"


v.
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.

v.
To disturb, as the temper; to ruffle the temper of; to rouse the passion of resentment in; to perplex.

v. i.
To wander; to roam.

v. i.
To romp.


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.
&hand; Provincial in England and colloquial in the United States. A commoner, but less approved, form is rile.

Roil

Roil, v. i. 1. To wander; to roam. [Obs.] 2. To romp. [Prov.Eng.] Halliwell.

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 wander; to roam.

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