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Emboil :: Emboil (v. t.) To cause to boil with anger; to irritate; to chafe.

Poonga Oil :: Poonga oil () A kind of oil used in India for lamps, and for boiling with dammar for pitching vessels. It is pressed from the seeds of a leguminous tree (Pongamia glabra)..

Exestuate :: Exestuate (v. i.) To be agitated; to boil up; to effervesce.

Stew :: Stew (v. t.) To boil slowly, or with the simmering or moderate heat; to seethe; to cook in a little liquid, over a gentle fire, without boiling; as, to stew meat; to stew oysters; to stew apples..

Blackcap :: Blackcap (n.) An apple roasted till black, to be served in a dish of boiled custard..

Sugared :: Sugar (v. i.) In making maple sugar, to complete the process of boiling down the sirup till it is thick enough to crystallize; to approach or reach the state of granulation; -- with the preposition off..

Bisk :: Bisk (n.) Soup or broth made by boiling several sorts of flesh together.

Telescopical :: Telescopical (a.) Having the power of extension by joints sliding one within another, like the tube of a small telescope or a spyglass; especially (Mach.), constructed of concentric tubes, either stationary, as in the telescopic boiler, or movable, as in the telescopic chimney of a war vessel, which may be put out of sight by being lowered endwise..

Boiling :: Boiling (n.) The act of ebullition or of tumultuous agitation.

Scaling :: Scaling (a.) Adapted for removing scales, as from a fish; as, a scaling knife; adapted for removing scale, as from the interior of a steam boiler; as, a scaling hammer, bar, etc..

Birdlime :: Birdlime (n.) An extremely adhesive viscid substance, usually made of the middle bark of the holly, by boiling, fermenting, and cleansing it. When a twig is smeared with this substance it will hold small birds which may light upon it. Hence: Anything which insnares..

Salt :: salt () Sulphate of magnesia having cathartic qualities; -- originally prepared by boiling down the mineral waters at Epsom, England, -- whence the name; afterwards prepared from sea water; but now from certain minerals, as from siliceous hydrate of magnesia..

Manhole :: Manhole (n.) A hole through which a man may descend or creep into a drain, sewer, steam boiler, parts of machinery, etc., for cleaning or repairing..

Priming :: Priming (n.) The carrying over of water, with the steam, from the boiler, as into the cylinder..

Ebullient :: Ebullient (a.) Boiling up or over; hence, manifesting exhilaration or excitement, as of feeling; effervescing..

Water Gruel :: Water gruel () A liquid food composed of water and a small portion of meal, or other farinaceous substance, boiled and seasoned..

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..

Supe :: Supawn (n.) Boiled Indian meal; hasty pudding; mush.

Fry :: Fry (v. i.) To simmer; to boil.

Boiling :: Boiling (a.) Heated to the point of bubbling; heaving with bubbles; in tumultuous agitation, as boiling liquid; surging; seething; swelling with heat, ardor, or passion..

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