riotry
English
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editriotry (uncountable)
- The act or practice of rioting.
- June 15, 1780, Horace Walpole, letter to the Rev. Mr. Cole
- I hope your electioneering riotry has not, nor will mix in these tumults.
- June 15, 1780, Horace Walpole, letter to the Rev. Mr. Cole
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “riotry”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)