Definition of boil

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Boil (v.) To pass from a liquid to an aeriform state or vapor when heated; as, the water boils away..

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Brose :: Brose (n.) Pottage made by pouring some boiling liquid on meal (esp. oatmeal), and stirring it. It is called beef brose, water brose, etc., according to the name of the liquid (beef broth, hot water, etc.) used..
Furring :: Furring (v. t.) A deposit from water, as on the inside of a boiler; also, the operation of cleaning away this deposit..
Fervid :: Fervid (a.) Very hot; burning; boiling.
Pitch :: Pitch (n.) The distance between the centers of holes, as of rivet holes in boiler plates..
Furuncle :: Furuncle (n.) A superficial, inflammatory tumor, suppurating with a central core; a boil..
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To fasten or secure with stays; as, to stay a flat sheet in a steam boiler..
Puree :: Puree (n.) A dish made by boiling any article of food to a pulp and rubbing it through a sieve; as, a puree of fish, or of potatoes; especially, a soup the thickening of which is so treated..
Glycogen :: Glycogen (n.) A white, amorphous, tasteless substance resembling starch, soluble in water to an opalescent fluid. It is found abundantly in the liver of most animals, and in small quantity in other organs and tissues, particularly in the embryo. It is quickly changed into sugar when boiled with dilute sulphuric or hydrochloric acid, and also by the action of amylolytic ferments..
Boil :: Boil (v. t.) To heat to the boiling point, or so as to cause ebullition; as, to boil water..
Stoker :: Stoker (v. t.) One who is employed to tend a furnace and supply it with fuel, especially the furnace of a locomotive or of a marine steam boiler; also, a machine for feeding fuel to a fire..
Seethe :: Seethe (v. i.) To be a state of ebullition or violent commotion; to be hot; to boil.
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..
Explode :: Explode (v. i.) To burst with force and a loud report; to detonate, as a shell filled with powder or the like material, or as a boiler from too great pressure of steam..
Wax :: Wax (n.) Thick sirup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple, and then cooling..
Emeroids :: Emeroids (n. pl.) Hemorrhoids; piles; tumors; boils.
Feed :: Feed (n.) The water supplied to steam boilers.
Galantine :: Galantine (n.) A dish of veal, chickens, or other white meat, freed from bones, tied up, boiled, and served cold..
Wallop :: Wallop (v. i.) To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling, with noise..
Boil :: Boil (v.) To be in boiling water, as in cooking; as, the potatoes are boiling..
Oxymel :: Oxymel (n.) A mixture of honey, water, vinegar, and spice, boiled to a sirup..
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