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Boil   /bɔɪl/   Listen
verb
Boil  v. t.  
1.
To heat to the boiling point, or so as to cause ebullition; as, to boil water.
2.
To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation; as, to boil sugar or salt.
3.
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. "The stomach cook is for the hall, And boileth meate for them all."
4.
To steep or soak in warm water. (Obs.) "To try whether seeds be old or new, the sense can not inform; but if you boil them in water, the new seeds will sprout sooner."
To boil down, to reduce in bulk by boiling; as, to boil down sap or sirup.


Boil  v. i.  (past & past part. boiled; pres. part. boiling)  
1.
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.
2.
To be agitated like boiling water, by any other cause than heat; to bubble; to effervesce; as, the boiling waves. "He maketh the deep to boil like a pot."
3.
To pass from a liquid to an aeriform state or vapor when heated; as, the water boils away.
4.
To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid; as, his blood boils with anger. "Then boiled my breast with flame and burning wrath."
5.
To be in boiling water, as in cooking; as, the potatoes are boiling.
To boil away, to vaporize; to evaporate or be evaporated by the action of heat.
To boil over, to run over the top of a vessel, as liquid when thrown into violent agitation by heat or other cause of effervescence; to be excited with ardor or passion so as to lose self-control.


noun
Boil  n.  Act or state of boiling. (Colloq.)


Boil  n.  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.
A blind boil, one that suppurates imperfectly, or fails to come to a head.
Delhi boil (Med.), a peculiar affection of the skin, probably parasitic in origin, prevailing in India (as among the British troops) and especially at Delhi.





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"Boil" Quotes from Famous Books



... the tail-end of a miserable caravan. And they, following behind, were a useless burden; we could not ride them, and yet for their sakes our supply of water became less and less; we denied ourselves beef (which meant at least a bucketful of water to boil out the salt) to keep them alive; poor faithful things, none but curs could desert them while life to move was left in their bodies. On the night of the 29th, for our own safety, I could allow them no water, for so great had been ...
— Spinifex and Sand - Five Years' Pioneering and Exploration in Western Australia • David W Carnegie
... olive-branches, who have versatile tastes in athletics, and are bubbling over with animal spirits. We think privately that they are the meanest little devils that ever cursed an apartment-house, but their noise is dear to their parents, and they would not allow it when we fain would boil the children alive ...
— At Home with the Jardines • Lilian Bell
... and blood like wine, To mother Earth and Proserpine: Mingle milk into the stream; Feast the ghosts that love the steam; Snatch a brand from funeral pile; Toss it in to make them boil: And turn your faces from the sun: Answer me, ...
— The Works of John Dryden, Vol. 6 (of 18) - Limberham; Oedipus; Troilus and Cressida; The Spanish Friar • John Dryden
... suggested, and there was another boil in the water, but the hook was drawn in without a touch; and Pete tried again and again, till he felt the glistening iron seized by something which ...
— Nic Revel - A White Slave's Adventures in Alligator Land • George Manville Fenn
... pantry. Ellen had them for a salad or something. So I just took them, and told her she could boil some more." ...
— Marjorie's Busy Days • Carolyn Wells


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