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▪ I. † roil, n.1 Obs.
Forms: 6 roile, 6–8 royle, 7 royl, 8 roil.
[Of obscure origin.]
1. An inferior or spiritless horse.
1523Skelton Dk. Albany 270 As it were a gote In a shepe cote,..Therin, lyke a royle, Sir Dunkan, ye dared. 1576Gascoigne Philomene (Arb.) 117 That horse which tyreth like a roile,..Is better, much than is the harbrainde colte Which headlong runnes [etc.]. 1580Blundevil Horsemanship i. xii. 16 b, If a faire Mare in old time had bene couered with a fowle roile, or had bene with fole out of season [etc.].
b. A draught-horse (of Flemish breed).
1587Harrison Descr. Eng. iii. i, Such outlandish horsses as are dailie brought ouer vnto vs.., as the genet of Spaine,..the Flemish roile, and Scotish nag.
2. A clumsy or stoutly-built female.
1533Udall Floures 61 b, There is not one crum or droppe of good fashion in all that great royles bodie... Catullus ther speaketh of a certaine mayden. 1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. i. (1586) 46 And brought in therewithall his daughter, a iolly great royle. 1591Percivall Sp. Dict., Barragana, a great ramping wench, a roile. 1746Exmoor Scolding (E.D.S.) 16 Ya gurt Roile, tell ma,..what Disyease dest mean? 1778― Gloss., Roil, or Royle, a big, ungainly Slam⁓makin; a great awkard Blowze or Hoyden.
▪ II. roil, n.2 rare.
Also 7 royl.
[f. roil v.2]
Agitation or stirring up (of water). Also fig.
1693C. Mather Invisible World (1862) 189 Some very great Saints of God, have sometimes had hideous Royls raised by the Devil in their minds. 1893Kipling Many Invent. 364 Port, port she casts, with the harbour-roil beneath her feet. 1895Outing XXVI. 62/1 The roil disturbed the spot where the fish was endeavoring to escape.
▪ III. † roil, a.1 Obs.—1
[Perh. related to roil v.1 or v.2]
? Rich, luxuriant.
13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 790 Bolde burnez wer þay boþe with berdles chynnez, Royl rollande fax to raw sylk lyke.
▪ IV. roil, a.2 Now dial.
(in form rile).
[Related to roil v.3]
= roiled ppl. a.
1662W. Gurnall Chr. in Arm. v. (1669) 83/1 How his spirit is royl and muddied. 1851N. & Q. 1st Ser. IV. 317 The water is too rile to drink.
▪ V. roil, v.1 Obs. exc. dial.
Forms: 4–6 (9 dial.) roil(e, 5 roille, roylle (roylyn), 5–7 (9 dial.) royl(e, 9 dial. rile, ryle.
[Of doubtful origin: perh. the same word as next, but no similar sense appears in OF.
It is not clear whether royhland (v.r. rulȝeande) in Wyntoun Cron. v. xii. 4644 belongs to this verb or the next.]
†1. To roam or rove about; to gad about, wander; to stray. Obs.
c1308Old Age in Rel. Ant. II. 175 Hail be ȝe, freris,..Evir ȝe beth roilend the londis al a-boute. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) I. 145 Armenius..gadered knyȝtes þat roiled [v.rr. roillede, royled] aboute, and toke Armenia. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 115 b/1 Holde the in one place all stylle and walke not ne roylle aboute in the contree. 1532More Confut. Barnes viii. Wks. 747/2 Such apostatas woulde be bound to no cloyster, but haue all the worlde to royle in. 1555W. Watreman Fardle Facions i. iii. 36 Thei ware sterne, and vnruly,..roilyng and rowmyng vpon heade, heather and thether. 1565Golding Ovid's Met. iii. 55 When roiling safely in the vale before the herd alone He saw an heifar. 1619E. Bert Treat. Hawkes 57 If thy hawke will not come, or not abide company.., or will royle or house.
†2. To move about vigorously. Obs. rare.
c1400Laud Troy Bk. 9192 Achilles loked to Troyle, And saw how he be-gan to royle..a-monges Gregeis. Ibid. 13346 Then come theder douȝti Troyle And be-gan amonges hem royle.
3. dial. To play or frolic, esp. in a rough manner; to romp, rampage; to fidget.
1788–in various dial. glossaries.
▪ VI. † roil, v.2 Obs. rare.
In 4–5 royle, 5 roile.
[ad. OF. roillier, rooilier, etc. (see Godefroy s.v. roeillier), related to roelle wheel.]
1. intr. Of a stream: To roll or flow.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. i. pr. vi. (1868) 29 Þe fletyng streme þat royleþ doun dyuersely fro heyȝe mountaignes.
2. trans. To roll (the eyes); to revolve (mentally).
c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode iii. xliii. (1869) 158 Thanne j wole..chide oon, blame an oother, and roile myne eyen as a bole. 1447O. Bokenham Seyntys (Roxb.) 253 Inportunely he roylyd in hys mende How he myht best this matere ende.
▪ VII. roil, v.3 Now U.S. and dial.
Forms: 6–7 (8–9 dial.) royl(e, 7 (9 dial.) roile, 8– roil. See also rile v.
[Of obscure origin. An obs. F. ruiler, to mix up mortar, is cited by Godefroy.]
1. trans. To render (water or any liquid) turbid or muddy by stirring up the sediment; hence fig., to perturb, disquiet, disorder. Cf. rile v. 1.
1590Greenwood Answ. Gifford 10 You..haue nothing to say, if not to royle the doctrines..with your feete, least others should drinke therof. 1616T. Scott Christ's Polit. 8 Beasts of the fielde doe trouble the water, and roile it with their feete. 1662W. Gurnall Chr. in Arm. vii. §1 (1669) 49/1 Though the Devil throws the stone, yet 'tis the mud in us that royles our comforts. a1734R. North Lives (1826) I. 195 The state was not very much roiled with faction. Ibid. III. 183 King William, having secured his own game, would not roil it to gratify them. 1771J. Adams Diary 22 Aug., Wks. 1850 II. 290 His imagination is disturbed, his passions all roiled. 1854Thoreau Walden xii. (1863) 245, I could dip up a pailful without roiling it. 1900Scribner's Mag. Sept. 378/2 His nature was not always serene and pellucid; it was sometimes roiled by the currents that counter and cross in all of us.
2. To disturb in temper; to vex, irritate, make angry. Cf. rile v. 2.
a1734North Lives (1826) II. 168 That his friends..should believe it, was what roiled him extremely. Ibid. III. 376 The doctor came out from the meeting (where probably he had been a little roiled). 1818Fearon Sk. Amer. 97 Roads..are unpopular in this state:..we were mightily roiled (vexed) when they were first cut. 1866J. E. Brogden Prov. Linc. 1907Springfield (Mass.) Weekly Republ. 17 Jan. 6 The publication of such a work naturally roiled the publishers of Webster's international dictionary.
3. intr. To move in a confused or turbulent manner; to billow.
1939W. Faulkner Wild Palms 26 As something recognisable roils momentarily into view from beneath stagnant and opaque water, then sinks again. 1963T. Pynchon V. i. 22 Engine exhaust roiled in clouds around him. 1964D. F. Galouye Counterfeit World xiii. 113 The waters roiled with the restless presence of thousands of—. 1977Time 6 June 46/2 Strange currents flow for years in the deeps of the American society, then for reasons unclear suddenly roil to the surface.
Hence ˈroiling ppl. a.
1967C. O. Skinner Madame Sarah viii. 171 Sarah glanced down at the roiling flood water. 1976U. Curtiss Birthday Gift xiv. 132 One thing stood clearly out of the whole roiling mess.
▪ VIII. roil, v.4
Also royl.
[Of doubtful origin: connexion with prec. is not clear.]
To salt (fish).
1870M. Glover Guide Isle of Man 189 Such as are intended for red herrings are first ‘royled’, or rubbed with salt, in which they remain for two or three days. |