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roiling

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roil  (roil)
v. roiled, roil·ing, roils
v.tr.
1. To make (a liquid) muddy or cloudy by stirring up sediment.
2. To displease or disturb; vex: My roommate's off-putting habits began to roil me.
v.intr.
To be in a state of turbulence or agitation.
[Origin unknown.]
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Adj.1.roilingroiling - (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence; "the river's roiling current"; "turbulent rapids"
roily, turbulent, churning, roiled
agitated - physically disturbed or set in motion; "the agitated mixture foamed and bubbled"


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I had dug out the spring and made a well of clear gray water, where I could dip up a pailful without roiling it, and thither I went for this purpose almost every day in midsummer, when the pond was warmest.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
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