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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Rising :: Rising (n.) That which rises; a tumor; a boil.
Gathering :: Gathering (n.) A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.
Economizer :: Economizer (n.) Specifically: (Steam Boilers) An arrangement of pipes for heating feed water by waste heat in the gases passing to the chimney.
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..
Glycocoll :: Glycocoll (n.) A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, with a sweet taste, formed from hippuric acid by boiling with hydrochloric acid, and present in bile united with cholic acid. It is also formed from gelatin by decomposition with acids. Chemically, it is amido-acetic acid. Called also glycin, and glycocin..
Suppurate :: Suppurate (v. i.) To generate pus; as, a boil or abscess suppurates..
Multiflue :: Multiflue (a.) Having many flues; as, a multiflue boiler. See Boiler..
Boilary :: Boilary (n.) See Boilery.
Thermobarometer :: Thermobarometer (n.) An instrument for determining altitudes by the boiling point of water.
Fritter :: Fritter (v. t.) A small quantity of batter, fried in boiling lard or in a frying pan. Fritters are of various kinds, named from the substance inclosed in the batter; as, apple fritters, clam fritters, oyster fritters..
Boiling :: Boiling (n.) The act of ebullition or of tumultuous agitation.
Pap :: Pap (n.) A soft food for infants, made of bread boiled or softtened in milk or water..
Bosh :: Bosh (n.) One of the sloping sides of the lower part of a blast furnace; also, one of the hollow iron or brick sides of the bed of a puddling or boiling furnace..
Brew :: Brew (v. t.) To prepare, as beer or other liquor, from malt and hops, or from other materials, by steeping, boiling, and fermentation..
Lacashire Boiler :: Lacashire boiler () A steam boiler having two flues which contain the furnaces and extend through the boiler from end to end.
Elixate :: Elixate (v. t.) To boil; to seethe; hence, to extract by boiling or seething..
Walm :: Walm (v. i.) To roll; to spout; to boil up.
Battery :: Battery (v. t.) A number of similar machines or devices in position; an apparatus consisting of a set of similar parts; as, a battery of boilers, of retorts, condensers, etc..
Boiling :: Boiling (n.) Exposure to the action of a hot liquid.
Cockaleekie :: Cockaleekie (n.) A favorite soup in Scotland, made from a capon highly seasoned, and boiled with leeks and prunes..
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