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Definition of Roiling
1. Adjective. (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence. "Turbulent rapids"
Similar to: Agitated
Derivative terms: Turbulence, Turbulency
Definition of Roiling
1. Verb. (present participle of roil) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Roiling
1. roil [v] - See also: roil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Roiling
Literary usage of Roiling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text Book of the Physics of Agriculture by Franklin Hiram King (1907)
"roiling.—The function of rolling is to arrange the fragments in the positions of
the greatest stability with reference to the rolling of wheels and the ..."
2. A Text Book of the Physics of Agriculture by Franklin Hiram King (1899)
"roiling—The function of rolling is to arrange the fragments in the positions of
the greatest stability with reference to the rolling of wheels and the ..."
3. The City of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922 by Clarence Monroe Burton, William Stocking, Gordon K. Miller, S. J. Clarke Publishing Company (1922)
"troit Copper & Brass roiling Mills; the manufacturing plant of the Detroit Pressed
Steel Company; several buildings for the Timken-Detroit Axle Company; ..."
4. The Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Prose and Verse by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1853)
"... the roiling orí» of heaven, Hast pictured on these walls, and all around thee
These seven presiding Lords of Destiny— In dumb, foreboding symbols hast ..."