▪ 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.
| 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. ix. xxvi. (Bodl. MS.), Idel walking and roilingge aboute [was] forboode in þe saturdaie. 1567 Harman 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.
| 1662 W. 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. 1674 N. 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. |