different between roin vs roil

English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman runger, ultimately of imitative origin.

Verb

roin (third-person singular simple present roins, present participle roining, simple past and past participle roined)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To growl; to roar. [15th-17th c.]
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.9:

     Yet did he murmure with rebellious sound, / And softly royne, when salvage choler gan redound.

Etymology 2

From Anglo-Norman roigne, roin et al., of uncertain origin. Compare roynish.

Noun

roin (plural roins)

1. (obsolete) A scab; a scurf, or scurfy spot. [15th-16th c.]

Anagrams

• Iron, Orin, RINO, Rion, inro, inr?, iron, noir, nori

Manx

Pronoun

roin

1. first-person plural of roish

   before us

   • Heeyn yn clane twoaie jeh'n ellan roin. The whole north of the island lay before us.
   • Va'n lhong jeeragh roin. The ship was straight ahead of us.

Derived terms

• roinyn (emphatic)

Volapük

Noun

roin (nominative plural roins)

1. (anatomy) kidney

Declension

English

Etymology

Origin uncertain. Possibly from French or Middle French rouiller (“to rust, make muddy”), from Old French rouil (“mud, rust”), from Vulgar Latin *robicula, from Latin robigo (“rust, blight”)

Pronunciation

• (UK, General American) IPA^(key): /???l/
• Rhymes: -??l

Verb

roil (third-person singular simple present roils, present participle roiling, simple past and past participle roiled)

1. (transitive) To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.

   Synonym: agitate
2. (transitive) To annoy; to make someone angry.

   Synonyms: irritate, rile

   • 1890, Roger North, Lives of the Norths

     That his friends should believe it, was what roiled him exceedingly.

3. (intransitive) To bubble, seethe.
4. (obsolete, intransitive) To wander; to roam.
5. (obsolete, Britain, dialect, intransitive) To romp.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

Translations

Anagrams

• Loir, Lori, loir

Estonian

Noun

roil

1. adessive plural of roog