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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Geyser :: Geyser (n.) A boiling spring which throws forth at frequent intervals jets of water, mud, etc., driven up by the expansive power of steam..
Cassareep :: Cassareep (n.) A condiment made from the sap of the bitter cassava (Manihot utilissima) deprived of its poisonous qualities, concentrated by boiling, and flavored with aromatics. See Pepper pot..
Crotonine :: Crotonine (n.) A supposed alkaloid obtained from croton oil by boiling it with water and magnesia, since found to be merely a magnesia soap of the oil..
Boil :: Boil (v. t.) To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation; as, to boil sugar or salt..
Collapse :: Collapse (v. i.) To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall in together, or be crushed in together; as, a flue in the boiler of a steam engine sometimes collapses..
Jam :: "Jam (n.) A preserve of fruit boiled with sugar and water; as, raspberry jam; currant jam; grape jam..
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..
Unrivet :: Unrivet (v. t.) To take out, or loose, the rivets of; as, to unrivet boiler plates..
Boiling :: Boiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Boi.
Boiler :: Boiler (n.) A vessel in which any thing is boiled.
Boil :: Boil (v. t.) To steep or soak in warm water.
Uptake :: Uptake (n.) The pipe leading upward from the smoke box of a steam boiler to the chimney, or smokestack; a flue leading upward..
Down :: Down (adv.) From a greater to a less bulk, or from a thinner to a thicker consistence; as, to boil down in cookery, or in making decoctions..
Estuary :: Estuary (n.) A place where water boils up; a spring that wells forth.
Dome :: Dome (n.) Any erection resembling the dome or cupola of a building; as the upper part of a furnace, the vertical steam chamber on the top of a boiler, etc..
Neurine :: Neurine (n.) A poisonous organic base (a ptomaine) formed in the decomposition of protagon with boiling baryta water, and in the putrefraction of proteid matter. It was for a long time considered identical with choline, a crystalline body originally obtained from bile. Chemically, however, choline is oxyethyl-trimethyl-ammonium hydroxide, while neurine is vinyl-trimethyl-ammonium hydroxide..
Seethe :: Seethe (v. i.) To be a state of ebullition or violent commotion; to be hot; to boil.
Rouser :: Rouser (n.) A stirrer in a copper for boiling wort.
Seether :: Seether (n.) A pot for boiling things; a boiler.
Teakettle :: Teakettle (n.) A kettle in which water is boiled for making tea, coffee, etc..
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