Definition of boil

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Boil (v. t.) To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation; as, to boil sugar or salt..

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Persulphocyanogen :: Persulphocyanogen (n.) An orange-yellow substance, produced by the action of chlorine or boiling dilute nitric acid and sulphocyanate of potassium; -- called also pseudosulphocyanogen, perthiocyanogen, and formerly sulphocyanogen..
Blow-out :: Blow-out (n.) The cleaning of the flues of a boiler from scale, etc., by a blast of steam..
Thermobarometer :: Thermobarometer (n.) An instrument for determining altitudes by the boiling point of water.
Bullary :: Bullary (n.) A place for boiling or preparing salt; a boilery.
Furuncle :: Furuncle (n.) A superficial, inflammatory tumor, suppurating with a central core; a boil..
Custard :: Custard (n.) A mixture of milk and eggs, sweetened, and baked or boiled..
Bile :: Bile (n.) A boil.
Fervid :: Fervid (a.) Very hot; burning; boiling.
Broth :: Broth (n.) Liquid in which flesh (and sometimes other substances, as barley or rice) has been boiled; thin or simple soup..
Multitubular :: Multitubular (a.) Having many tubes; as, a multitubular boiler..
Incrustation :: Incrustation (n.) A crust or hard coating of anything upon or within a body, as a deposit of lime, sediment, etc., from water on the inner surface of a steam boiler..
Tyrosin :: Tyrosin (n.) A white crystalline nitrogenous substance present in small amount in the pancreas and spleen, and formed in large quantity from the decomposition of proteid matter by various means, -- as by pancreatic digestion, by putrefaction as of cheese, by the action of boiling acids, etc. Chemically, it consists of oxyphenol and amidopropionic acid, and by decomposition yields oxybenzoic acid, or some other benzol derivative..
Styan :: Sty (v. i.) An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid.
Fleetings :: Fleetings (n. pl.) A mixture of buttermilk and boiling whey; curds.
Gutta-percha :: Gutta-percha (n.) A concrete juice produced by various trees found in the Malayan archipelago, especially by the Isonandra, / Dichopsis, Gutta. It becomes soft, and unpressible at the tamperature of boiling water, and, on cooling, retains its new shape. It dissolves in oils and ethers, but not in water. In many of its properties it resembles caoutchouc, and it is extensively used for many economical purposes. The Mimusops globosa of Guiana also yields this material..
Chocolate :: Chocolate (n.) The beverage made by dissolving a portion of the paste or cake in boiling water or milk.
Seether :: Seether (n.) A pot for boiling things; a boiler.
Suppurate :: Suppurate (v. i.) To generate pus; as, a boil or abscess suppurates..
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..
Pitch :: Pitch (n.) The distance between the centers of holes, as of rivet holes in boiler plates..
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