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

Boilery :: Boilery (n.) A place and apparatus for boiling, as for evaporating brine in salt making..

Engarboil :: Engarboil (v. t.) To throw into disorder; to disturb.

Samshu :: Samshu (n.) A spirituous liquor distilled by the Chinese from the yeasty liquor in which boiled rice has fermented under pressure.

Styan :: Sty (v. i.) An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid.

Cockaleekie :: Cockaleekie (n.) A favorite soup in Scotland, made from a capon highly seasoned, and boiled with leeks and prunes..

Tea :: Tea (n.) A decoction or infusion of tea leaves in boiling water; as, tea is a common beverage..

Expansion :: Expansion (n.) The operation of steam in a cylinder after its communication with the boiler has been cut off, by which it continues to exert pressure upon the moving piston..

Locomotive :: Locomotive (n.) A locomotive engine; a self-propelling wheel carriage, especially one which bears a steam boiler and one or more steam engines which communicate motion to the wheels and thus propel the carriage, -- used to convey goods or passengers, or to draw wagons, railroad cars, etc. See Illustration in Appendix..

Decoct :: Decoct (v. t.) To warm, strengthen, or invigorate, as if by boiling..

Uptake :: Uptake (n.) The pipe leading upward from the smoke box of a steam boiler to the chimney, or smokestack; a flue leading upward..

Blow-out :: Blow-out (n.) The cleaning of the flues of a boiler from scale, etc., by a blast of steam..

Tum-tum :: Tum-tum (n.) A dish made in the West Indies by beating boiled plantain quite soft in a wooden mortar.

Wax :: Wax (n.) Thick sirup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple, and then cooling..

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

Custard :: Custard (n.) A mixture of milk and eggs, sweetened, and baked or boiled..

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..

Calliope :: Calliope (n.) A musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles, toned to the notes of the scale, and played by keys arranged like those of an organ. It is sometimes attached to steamboat boilers..

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..

Boiler :: Boiler (n.) A strong metallic vessel, usually of wrought iron plates riveted together, or a composite structure variously formed, in which steam is generated for driving engines, or for heating, cooking, or other purposes..

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