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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Syrup :: Syrup (n.) A thick and viscid liquid made from the juice of fruits, herbs, etc., boiled with sugar..
Galantine :: Galantine (n.) A dish of veal, chickens, or other white meat, freed from bones, tied up, boiled, and served cold..
Rupture :: Rupture (n.) A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See Explosion..
Rebullition :: Rebullition (n.) The act of boiling up or effervescing.
Buck :: Buck (v. t.) To soak, steep, or boil, in lye or suds; -- a process in bleaching..
Temperature :: Temperature (n.) Condition with respect to heat or cold, especially as indicated by the sensation produced, or by the thermometer or pyrometer; degree of heat or cold; as, the temperature of the air; high temperature; low temperature; temperature of freezing or of boiling..
Frumenty :: Frumenty (n.) Food made of hulled wheat boiled in milk, with sugar, plums, etc..
Boilary :: Boilary (n.) See Boilery.
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..
Debulition :: Debulition (n.) A bubbling or boiling over.
Unrivet :: Unrivet (v. t.) To take out, or loose, the rivets of; as, to unrivet boiler plates..
Ebulliate :: Ebulliate (v. i.) To boil or bubble up.
Water Gruel :: Water gruel () A liquid food composed of water and a small portion of meal, or other farinaceous substance, boiled and seasoned..
Boiling :: Boiling (n.) The act of ebullition or of tumultuous agitation.
Welt :: Welt (n.) In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint..
Poach :: Poach (v. & n.) To cook, as eggs, by breaking them into boiling water; also, to cook with butter after breaking in a vessel..
Pitch :: Pitch (n.) A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc., to preserve them..
Rolly-poly :: Rolly-poly (n.) A kind of pudding made of paste spread with fruit, rolled into a cylindrical form, and boiled or steamed..
Parboil :: Parboil (v. t.) To boil in part; to cook partially by boiling.
Boil :: Boil (v. t.) To heat to the boiling point, or so as to cause ebullition; as, to boil water..
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