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Exestuation :: Exestuation (n.) A boiling up; effervescence.

Boiling :: Boiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Boi.

Granulose :: Granulose (n.) The main constituent of the starch grain or granule, in distinction from the framework of cellulose. Unlike cellulose, it is colored blue by iodine, and is converted into dextrin and sugar by boiling acids and amylolytic ferments..

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..

Doughnut :: Doughnut (n.) A small cake (usually sweetened) fried in a kettle of boiling lard.

Alfet :: Alfet (n.) A caldron of boiling water into which an accused person plunged his forearm as a test of innocence or guilt.

Poach :: Poach (v. & n.) To cook, as eggs, by breaking them into boiling water; also, to cook with butter after breaking in a vessel..

Simmer :: Simmer (v. t.) To cause to boil gently; to cook in liquid heated almost or just to the boiling point.

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

Leucin :: Leucin (n.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance formed in the decomposition of albuminous matter by pancreatic digestion, by the action of boiling dilute sulphuric acid, and by putrefaction. It is also found as a constituent of various tissues and organs, as the spleen, pancreas, etc., and likewise in the vegetable kingdom. Chemically it is to be considered as amido-caproic acid..

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..

Quirboilly :: Quirboilly (n.) Leather softened by boiling so as to take any required shape. Upon drying, it becomes exceedingly hard, and hence was formerly used for armor..

Steam :: Steam (n.) The elastic, aeriform fluid into which water is converted when heated to the boiling points; water in the state of vapor..

Egg-glass :: Egg-glass (n.) A small sandglass, running about three minutes, for marking time in boiling eggs; also, a small glass for holding an egg, at table..

Gelatiniferous :: Gelatiniferous (a.) Yielding gelatin on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.

Infuse :: Infuse (v. t.) To steep in water or other fluid without boiling, for the propose of extracting medicinal qualities; to soak..

Soap :: Soap (n.) A substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather, and is used as a cleansing agent. Soap is produced by combining fats or oils with alkalies or alkaline earths, usually by boiling, and consists of salts of sodium, potassium, etc., with the fatty acids (oleic, stearic, palmitic, etc.). See the Note below, and cf. Saponification. By extension, any compound of similar composition or properties, whether used as a cleaning agent or not..

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)..

Chondrin :: Chondrin (n.) A colorless, amorphous, nitrogenous substance, tasteless and odorless, formed from cartilaginous tissue by long-continued action of boiling water. It is similar to gelatin, and is a large ingredient of commercial gelatin..

Semiglutin :: Semiglutin (n.) A peptonelike body, insoluble in alcohol, formed by boiling collagen or gelatin for a long time in water. Hemicollin, a like body, is also formed at the same time, and differs from semiglutin by being partly soluble in alcohol..

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