Definition of riot

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Riot (v. i.) To disturb the peace; to raise an uproar or sedition. See Riot, n., 3..

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Pilentum :: Pilentum (n.) An easy chariot or carriage, used by Roman ladies, and in which the vessels, etc., for sacred rites were carried..
Luddite :: Luddite (n.) One of a number of riotous persons in England, who for six years (1811-17) tried to prevent the use of labor-saving machinery by breaking it, burning factories, etc.; -- so called from Ned Lud, a half-witted man who some years previously had broken stocking frames..
Scythe :: Scythe (n.) A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.
Four :: Four (n.) Four things of the same kind, esp. four horses; as, a chariot and four..
Revel :: Revel (v. i.) To feast in a riotous manner; to carouse; to act the bacchanalian; to make merry.
Dissipation :: Dissipation (n.) A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in vicious indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness..
Patriot :: Patriot (a.) Becoming to a patriot; patriotic.
Riotise :: Riotise (n.) Excess; tumult; revelry.
Asmonean :: Asmonean (a.) Of or pertaining to the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged; Maccabean; as, the Asmonean dynasty..
Head :: Head (v. t.) To be at the head of; to put one's self at the head of; to lead; to direct; to act as leader to; as, to head an army, an expedition, or a riot..
Patriotical :: Patriotical (a.) Patriotic; that pertains to a patriot.
Circus :: Circus (n.) A level oblong space surrounded on three sides by seats of wood, earth, or stone, rising in tiers one above another, and divided lengthwise through the middle by a barrier around which the track or course was laid out. It was used for chariot races, games, and public shows..
Heriotable :: Heriotable (a.) Subject to the payment of a heriot.
Scythed :: Scythed (a.) Armed scythes, as a chariot..
Prosecute :: Prosecute (v. t.) To pursue with the intention of punishing; to accuse of some crime or breach of law, or to pursue for redress or punishment, before a legal tribunal; to proceed against judicially; as, to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot..
Sturdy :: Sturdy (superl.) Resolute, in a good sense; or firm, unyielding quality; as, a man of sturdy piety or patriotism..
Unchariot :: Unchariot (v. t.) To throw out of a chariot.
Septembrist :: Septembrist (n.) An agent in the massacres in Paris, committed in patriotic frenzy, on the 22d of September, 1792..
Pretence :: Pretence (n.) The act of holding out, or offering, to others something false or feigned; presentation of what is deceptive or hypocritical; deception by showing what is unreal and concealing what is real; false show; simulation; as, pretense of illness; under pretense of patriotism; on pretense of revenging Caesar's death..
Rioting :: Rioting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rio.
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