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riley, a. U.S.|ˈraɪlɪ|
Also ryley, rily.
[f. prec. + -y: cf. roily a.]
1. Thick, turbid, muddy.
1825J. Neal Bro. Jonathan I. 369 A gallon o' ryley water..right out o' the spring. 1828Cunningham N.S. Wales II. 55 An American landlord brought in a jug of water, and apologised for its being so riley. 1850Pangborn Diary in Amer. Hist. Rev. (1903) IX. 105 Got more black rily Coffee and eat sea Bread. 1861Catlin Life among Indians 16 The mud and water in the ‘Lick’ still riley with their recent steps.
2. Angry; irritable, bad-tempered.
1847Robb Squatter Life 64 (Bartlett), The boys and gals were laughin' at my scrape.., that I gin to get riley. 1867Blackw. Mag. Oct. 404 The Americans..speak of an ill-tempered person as being riley. 1872Schele de Vere Americanisms 534 An ill-tempered, cross-grained person is apt to be called ‘a rily fellow’. |