*roil*

n. [ F. brouiller to disorder, from LL. brogilus, broilus, brolium, thicket, wood, park; of uncertain origin; cf. W. brog a swelling out, OHG. prōil marsh, G. brühl, MHG. brogen to rise. The meaning tumult, confusion, comes apparently from tangled undergrowth, thicket, and this possibly from the meaning to grow, rise, sprout. ] A tumult; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl; contention; discord, either between individuals or in the state. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will own that there is a haughtiness and fierceness in human nature which will which will cause innumerable broils, place men in what situation you please. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Contention; fray; affray; tumult; altercation; dissension; discord; contest; conflict; brawl; uproar. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Broiled p. pr. & vb. n. Broiling. ] [ OE. broilen, OF. bruillir, fr. bruir to broil, burn; of Ger. origin; cf. MHG. brüejen, G. brühen, to scald, akin to E. brood. ] 1. To cook by direct exposure to heat over a fire, esp. upon a gridiron over coals. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To subject to great (commonly direct) heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. cooked by direct exposure to radiant heat. baked fried bolied
Syn. -- grilled. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who excites broils; one who engages in or promotes noisy quarrels. [ 1913 Webster ]

What doth he but turn broiler, . . . make new libels against the church? Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who broils, or cooks by broiling. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A gridiron or other utensil used in broiling, or the compartment in a stove where such a utensil is located. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A chicken or other bird fit for broiling. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Excessively hot; as, a broiling sun. -- n. The act of causing anything to broil. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disembroiled p. pr. & vb. n. Disembroiling. ] [ Pref. dis- + embroil. ] To disentangle; to free from perplexity; to extricate from confusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vaillant has disembroiled a history that was lost to the world before his time. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ D. druilen to mope. ] To work sluggishly or slowly; to plod. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D. druil sluggard. Cf. Droll. ] 1. A drudge. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Mean labor; toil.[ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Embroiled p. pr. & vb. n. Embroiling. ] [ F. embrouiller; pref. em- (L. in) + brouiller. See 1st Broil, and cf. Imbroglio. ] 1. To throw into confusion or commotion by contention or discord; to entangle in a broil or quarrel; to make confused; to distract; to involve in difficulties by dissension or strife. [ 1913 Webster ]

The royal house embroiled in civil war. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Christian antiquities at Rome . . . are so embroiled with &unr_;able and legend. Addison.

Syn. -- To perplex; entangle; distract; disturb; disorder; trouble; implicate; commingle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Embroilment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who embroils. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. embrouillement. ] The act of embroiling, or the condition of being embroiled; entanglement in a broil. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Roiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Roiling. ] [ Cf. OE. roilen to wander; possibly fr. OF. roeler to roll, equiv. to F. rouler. See Roll, v., and cf. Rile. ] 1. To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of; as, to roil wine, cider, etc. , in casks or bottles; to roil a spring. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To disturb, as the temper; to ruffle the temper of; to rouse the passion of resentment in; to perplex. [ 1913 Webster ]

That his friends should believe it, was what roiled him [ Judge Jeffreys ] exceedingly. R. North. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Provincial in England and colloquial in the United States. A commoner, but less approved, form is rile. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To wander; to roam. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To romp. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Turbid; as, roily water. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Named after Dominico Troili, an Italian of the 18th century. ] (Min.) Native iron protosulphide, FeS. It is known only in meteoric irons, and is usually in imbedded nodular masses of a bronze color. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. L. Troili E. Troiluses [ NL., fr. L. Troilus, Gr. &unr_;, the son of Priam. ] (Zool.) A large, handsome American butterfly (Euphœades troilus, or Papilio troilus). It is black, with yellow marginal spots on the front wings, and blue spots on the rear wings; -- also called troilus butterfly. [ 1913 Webster ]