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.
⇒ Provincial in England and colloquial in the United States. A commoner, but less approved, form is rile.
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Roil, v. i.
1.
To wander; to roam.
[Obs.]
2.
To romp.
[Prov.Eng.]
Halliwell.
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