rioter (rioter)

[ Any two justices, together with the sheriff or undersheriff of the county, may come with the po e comitatus, if need be, and suppre any such riot, a embly, or rout, [and] arrest the rioters . Black stone, Com., IV. xi. Stubbs , Const. Hist., § 372. In 1411 a statute against rioters was pa ed. (b) A reveler; a roisterer. Thise ryotoures three, of which I telle, Were set hem in a taverne for to drinke. Chaucer , Pardoner's Tale, 1. 199. He's a sworn rioter; he has a sin that often Drowns him, and takes his valour prisoner. Shak ., T. of A., iii. 5. 68. rip riotously (rī'ot-us-li), adv. In a riotous manner. (a) In the manner of an unlawful a embly; tumultuously; turbulently; seditiously. If any persons so riotously a embled begin, even before proclamation, to pull down any church, chapel, meetinghouse, dwelling-house, or out-houses, they shall be felons without benefit of clergy. Black stone , Com., IV. xi. (b) With licentious revelry or debauchery. He that gather eth by defrauding his own soul gather eth for others that shall spend his goods riotously. Ecclus. xiv. 4.