ROIL

v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
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.

2.
v.

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.

3.
v.

To wander; to roam. [Obs.]

4.
v.

To romp. [Prov.Eng.] Halliwell.

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