单词 | roiling |
释义 | † roilingn.1 Obsolete. rare. The action or practice of roving or roaming. Also with about.mare roiling n. at mare n.1 Compounds 2d may also belong here. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > wandering idly roilinga1398 roitinga1450 gadding1533 vaguing1596 expatiation1640 strolling1717 gallivanting1826 streeling1841 traiking1894 stooging1944 swanning1951 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 127 Idil walkinge & roylynge aboute [L. discursus et euagatio] was forbede in þe satirday. 1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) sig. Biii These vnrewly rascales in their roilynge, disperce them selues, into seuerall companyes. 1619 E. Bert Approved Treat. Hawkes 77 The sweet hand and kinde dealing with him vpon the catch will stay him or any hawke from royling. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2018). roilingn.2 The action of disturbing or perturbing something or someone; agitation, turmoil, turbulence. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun] winOE torpelness?c1225 disturbance1297 workc1325 disturblingc1330 farec1330 frapec1330 disturbing1340 troublingc1340 blunderc1375 unresta1382 hurling1387 perturbationc1400 turbationc1400 rumblec1405 roara1413 rumourc1425 sturblance1435 troublec1435 stroublance1439 hurlc1440 hurly-burlyc1440 ruffling1440 stourc1440 rumblingc1450 sturbancec1450 unquietness?c1450 conturbationc1470 ruption1483 stir1487 wanrufe?a1505 rangat?a1513 business1514 turmoil1526 blommera1529 blunderinga1529 disturbation1529 bruyllie1535 garboil1543 bruslery1546 agitation1547 frayment1549 turmoiling1550 whirl1552 confusion1555 troublesomeness1561 rule1567 rummage1575 rabble1579 tumult1580 hurlement1585 rabblement1590 disturb1595 welter1596 coil1599 hurly1600 hurry1600 commotion1616 remotion1622 obturbation1623 stirrance1623 tumultuation1631 commoving1647 roiling1647 spudder1650 suffle1650 dissettlement1654 perturbancy1654 fermentationa1661 dissettledness1664 ferment1672 roil1690 hurry-scurry1753 vortex1761 rumpus1768 widdle1789 gilravagea1796 potheration1797 moil1824 festerment1833 burly1835 fidge1886 static1923 comess1944 frammis1946 bassa-bassa1956 1647 J. Brinsley Stand Still 24 The word is emphaticall, taken from the royling and troubling of waters, where they are so stirred, as that the mud is raysed up from the bottome. 1662 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 3rd Pt. 505 He is a rare Christian in whom the stream of his grace runs clear upon such royling. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge To Rdr. An ill will'd and frampled waspishness has broken forth, to the royling and firing of the age wherein we live. 1880 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 23 Dec. 617/1 He has several times known the unpleasant odors..to suddenly diminish or entirely disappear with the roiling of the water by a heavy rain. 1922 M. Widdemer Tree with Bird 61 (title of poem) The roiling of Henry. 1981 Sci. Amer. Feb. 82/1 The roiling of hot masses of gas below the photosphere. 2006 S. Fletcher Alphabet of Breams xiii. 61 The sweet, rich reek of marsh rot seeped into the throbbings of my head, the roilings of my gut. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). roilingadj. Of water, clouds, etc.: turbulent; billowing. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [adjective] > violent or convulsive > violently agitated worya1225 boilinga1382 convulsed1632 convulse1684 convulsive1686 boiling-like1835 roiling1905 1905 A. C. Laut Vikings of Pacific vi. 150 Gales lashed the cross tides to a height of thirty feet... Roiling waters met the prows from end to end of the straits. 1913 Techn. World Mag. Mar. 603/1 The roiling waters gnawed insidiously but incessantly at the yielding banks. 1921 C. Aiken Punch 25 At this a roiling cloud of smoke Burst from the grass, and Satan spoke. 1966 J. Blish How Beautiful with Banners in D. Knight Orbit 1 56 But the bubble was not allowing any radio transmission through its roiling unicell wall today. 1967 C. O. Skinner Madame Sarah (new ed.) viii. 171 Sarah glanced down at the roiling flood water. 1976 U. Curtiss Birthday Gift xiv. 132 One thing stood clearly out of the whole roiling mess. 1989 Sci. Amer. July 5/1 The coulomb of charge being deposited each second on the moving surfaces of a roiling, poorly conducting cloud. 2005 J. Carey Godslayer vii. 133 Above them, the roiling clouds began to rumble with thunder. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1a1398n.21647adj.1905 |
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