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Ebullition

noun
1.
An unrestrained expression of emotion.  Synonyms: blowup, effusion, gush, outburst.






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"Ebullition" Quotes from Famous Books



... the engineer generally closes the throttle valve partially, turns off the injection water, and opens the furnace doors, whereby the generation of steam is checked, and a less violent ebullition in the boiler suffices. Where the priming arises from an insufficient amount of steam room, it may be mitigated by putting a higher pressure upon the boiler and working more expansively, or by the interposition ...
— A Catechism of the Steam Engine • John Bourne

... lad will go, and he will be drowned like a dog," said Sakalar, more slowly, after this ebullition ...
— International Weekly Miscellany Of Literature, Art, and Science - Vol. I., July 22, 1850. No. 4. • Various

... the Archdukes in force as he intended in the first ebullition of his wrath, he resolved to send de Boutteville-Montmorency, a relative of the Constable, on special and urgent mission to Brussels. He was to propose that Conde and his wife should return with the Prince and Princess of Orange to Breda, the King pledging himself ...
— The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-1566 • John Lothrop Motley

... to tell. At first he will be as mad as a March hare. But Jane is his only child, and he loves her too well to cast her off. All will settle down quietly after a few weeks' ebullition and I shall be as cosily fixed in the family as I could wish. After that, my fortune is made. Larkin is worth, to my certain knowledge, fifty or sixty thousand dollars, every cent of which will in the end come into my hands. And, besides, Larkin's ...
— Home Lights and Shadows • T. S. Arthur

... with an ebullition of rapture, which he immediately suppressed as Helen's eyes were turned inquiringly upon him. "You see," he explained hurriedly, "he has been in the West and will need to get a lot of things, and that will give you plenty of time. There's my ...
— The Prospector - A Tale of the Crow's Nest Pass • Ralph Connor


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