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▪ I. † ˈroiling, vbl. n.1 rare. [f. roil v.1] The action or practice of roving or roaming about. Obs. mare-roiling (see mare1 6 b) may also belong here.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. ix. xxvi. (Bodl. MS.), Idel walking and roilingge aboute [was] forboode in þe saturdaie. 1567Harman Caveat (1869) 31 These vnrewly rascales, in their roylynge, disperse them selues into seuerall companyes. ▪ II. ˈroiling, vbl. n.2 rare. [f. roil v.3] The action of perturbing; agitation, turmoil; irritation.
1662W. Gurnall Chr. in Arm. lv. §1 (1669) 424/1 He is a rare Christian in whom the stream of his grace runs clear upon such royling. 1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. To Rdr., An ill will'd and frampled waspishness has broken forth, to the royling and firing of the age wherein we live. |