| Boil (boil) |
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| v. i. | (boil) |
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| Boil |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Boiled (boild)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Boiling.] [OE. boilen, OF. boilir, builir, F.
bouillir, fr. L. bullire to be in a bubbling motion, from
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To be agitated, or tumultuously
moved, as a liquid by the generation and rising of bubbles of steam (or
vapor), or of currents produced by heating it to the boiling point; to be
in a state of ebullition; as, the water boils.
To be agitated like boiling water, by any other
cause than heat; to bubble; to effervesce; as, the boiling
waves.
To pass from a liquid to an aëriform state
or vapor when heated; as, the water boils away.
To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot
or fervid; as, his blood boils with anger.
To be in boiling water, as in cooking; as, the
potatoes are boiling.
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To heat
to the boiling point, or so as to cause ebullition; as, to boil
water.
To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation;
as, to boil sugar or salt.
To subject to the action of heat in a boiling
liquid so as to produce some specific effect, as cooking, cleansing, etc.;
as, to boil meat; to boil clothes.
To steep or soak in warm water.
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A hard, painful, inflamed tumor, which, on
suppuration, discharges pus, mixed with blood, and discloses a small
fibrous mass of dead tissue, called the core.
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