Definition of boil

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Boil (v. t.) 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..

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Parboiled :: Parboiled (imp. & p. p.) of Parboi.
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..
Granulose :: Granulose (n.) The main constituent of the starch grain or granule, in distinction from the framework of cellulose. Unlike cellulose, it is colored blue by iodine, and is converted into dextrin and sugar by boiling acids and amylolytic ferments..
Float :: Float (v. i.) The hollow, metallic ball of a self-acting faucet, which floats upon the water in a cistern or boiler..
Effervescent :: Effervescent (a.) Gently boiling or bubbling, by means of the disengagement of gas.
Brace :: Brace (n.) A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell..
Water Gruel :: Water gruel () A liquid food composed of water and a small portion of meal, or other farinaceous substance, boiled and seasoned..
Consomme :: Consomme (n.) A clear soup or bouillion boiled down so as to be very rich.
Chocolate :: Chocolate (n.) The beverage made by dissolving a portion of the paste or cake in boiling water or milk.
Boil :: Boil (v.) To be agitated like boiling water, by any other cause than heat; to bubble; to effervesce; as, the boiling waves..
Unrivet :: Unrivet (v. t.) To take out, or loose, the rivets of; as, to unrivet boiler plates..
Gusset :: Gusset (n.) A kind of bracket, or angular piece of iron, fastened in the angles of a structure to give strength or stiffness; esp., the part joining the barrel and the fire box of a locomotive boiler..
Pillau :: Pillau (n.) An Oriental dish consisting of rice boiled with mutton, fat, or butter..
Quirboilly :: Quirboilly (n.) Leather softened by boiling so as to take any required shape. Upon drying, it becomes exceedingly hard, and hence was formerly used for armor..
Rouser :: Rouser (n.) A stirrer in a copper for boiling wort.
Jacket :: "Jacket (v. t.) To put a jacket on; to furnish, as a boiler, with a jacket..
Blackcap :: Blackcap (n.) An apple roasted till black, to be served in a dish of boiled custard..
Caldron :: Caldron (n.) A large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron. [Written also cauldron.].
Boiled :: Boiled (a.) Dressed or cooked by boiling; subjected to the action of a boiling liquid; as, boiled meat; a boiled dinner; boiled clothes..
Succoteague :: Succotash (n.) Green maize and beans boiled together. The dish is borrowed from the native Indians.
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