Definition of boil

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Boil (v.) 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..

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Feed :: Feed (n.) The water supplied to steam boilers.
Cerebrin :: Cerebrin (n.) A nonphosphorized, nitrogenous substance, obtained from brain and nerve tissue by extraction with boiling alcohol. It is uncertain whether it exists as such in nerve tissue, or is a product of the decomposition of some more complex substance..
Cruller :: Cruller (n.) A kind of sweet cake cut in strips and curled or twisted, and fried crisp in boiling fat..
Syrup :: Syrup (n.) A thick and viscid liquid made from the juice of fruits, herbs, etc., boiled with sugar..
Parboiled :: Parboiled (imp. & p. p.) of Parboi.
Copper-bottomed :: Copper-bottomed (a.) Having a bottom made of copper, as a tin boiler or other vessel, or sheathed with copper, as a ship..
Marmalade :: Marmalade (n.) A preserve or confection made of the pulp of fruit, as the quince, pear, apple, orange, etc., boiled with sugar, and brought to a jamlike consistence..
Porridge :: Porridge (n.) A food made by boiling some leguminous or farinaceous substance, or the meal of it, in water or in milk, making of broth or thin pudding; as, barley porridge, milk porridge, bean porridge, etc..
Boil :: Boil (v.) To pass from a liquid to an aeriform state or vapor when heated; as, the water boils away..
Jam :: "Jam (n.) A preserve of fruit boiled with sugar and water; as, raspberry jam; currant jam; grape jam..
Scrabbed Eggs :: Scrabbed eggs () A Lenten dish, composed of eggs boiled hard, chopped, and seasoned with butter, salt, and pepper..
Stygial :: Stye (n.) See Sty, a boil..
Reboil :: Reboil (v. t. & i.) To boil, or to cause to boil, again..
Taffy :: Taffy (n.) A kind of candy made of molasses or brown sugar boiled down and poured out in shallow pans.
Expansion :: Expansion (n.) The operation of steam in a cylinder after its communication with the boiler has been cut off, by which it continues to exert pressure upon the moving piston..
Simmer :: Simmer (v. t.) To cause to boil gently; to cook in liquid heated almost or just to the boiling point.
Boil :: Boil (v. t.) To heat to the boiling point, or so as to cause ebullition; as, to boil water..
Hemialbumose :: Hemialbumose (n.) An albuminous substance formed in gastric digestion, and by the action of boiling dilute acids on albumin. It is readily convertible into hemipeptone. Called also hemialbumin..
Styca :: Styan (n.) See Sty, a boil..
Cassareep :: Cassareep (n.) A condiment made from the sap of the bitter cassava (Manihot utilissima) deprived of its poisonous qualities, concentrated by boiling, and flavored with aromatics. See Pepper pot..
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