01 v. t. 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.
imp. & p. p.
Roiled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Roiling
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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.
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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.