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roiling
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Roiling
(gcide) | 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.
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2. To disturb, as the temper; to ruffle the temper of; to
rouse the passion of resentment in; to perplex.
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That his friends should believe it, was what roiled
him [Judge Jeffreys] exceedingly. --R. North.
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Note: Provincial in England and colloquial in the United
States. A commoner, but less approved, form is rile.
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roiling
(wn) | roiling
adj 1: (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of
turbulence; "the river's roiling current"; "turbulent
rapids" [syn: churning, roiling, roiled, roily,
turbulent] |
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roiling
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Broiling
(gcide) | Broiling \Broil"ing\, a.
Excessively hot; as, a broiling sun. -- n. The act of causing
anything to broil.
[1913 Webster]Broil \Broil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Broiled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Broiling.] [OE. broilen, OF. bruillir, fr. bruir to broil,
burn; of Ger. origin; cf. MHG. br["u]ejen, G. br["u]hen, to
scald, akin to E. brood.]
1. To cook by direct exposure to heat over a fire, esp. upon
a gridiron over coals.
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2. To subject to great (commonly direct) heat.
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churning churned-up roiling roiled roily turbulent
(gcide) | agitated \agitated\ adj.
1. troubled emotionally and usually deeply. Opposite of
unagitated. agitated parents
Note: Narrower terms are: {demoniac, demoniacal ; distraught,
overwrought; disturbed, jolted, shaken; {feverish,
hectic}; frantic, frenetic, phrenetic, frenzied;
{psychedelic ; {rampageous, raging, frenzied ;
{wild-eyed . Also See: discomposed, excited, impatient,
tense, unquiet, unsteady.
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2. 1 throwing oneself from side to side.
Syn: tossing
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3. physically disturbed or set in motion; as, the agitated
mixture foamed and bubbled. Opposite of unagitated and
left alone, allowed to stand.
Note: [Narrower terms are: {churning, churned-up, roiling,
roiled, roily, turbulent ; stirred.]
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Disembroiling
(gcide) | Disembroil \Dis`em*broil"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disembroiled;
p. pr. & vb. n. Disembroiling.] [Pref. dis- + embroil.]
To disentangle; to free from perplexity; to extricate from
confusion.
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Vaillant has disembroiled a history that was lost to
the world before his time. --Addison.
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Embroiling
(gcide) | Embroil \Em*broil"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embroiled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Embroiling.] [F. embrouiller; pref. em- (L. in) +
brouiller. See 1st Broil, and cf. Imbroglio.]
1. To throw into confusion or commotion by contention or
discord; to entangle in a broil or quarrel; to make
confused; to distract; to involve in difficulties by
dissension or strife.
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The royal house embroiled in civil war. --Dryden.
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2. To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble.
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The Christian antiquities at Rome . . . are so
embroiled with ?able and legend. --Addison.
Syn: To perplex; entangle; distract; disturb; disorder;
trouble; implicate; commingle.
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broiling
(wn) | broiling
n 1: cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire
or under a grill) [syn: broil, broiling, grilling] |
roiling
(wn) | roiling
adj 1: (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of
turbulence; "the river's roiling current"; "turbulent
rapids" [syn: churning, roiling, roiled, roily,
turbulent] |
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