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Debulition :: Debulition (n.) A bubbling or boiling over.

Boil :: Boil (v. t.) To subject to the action of heat in a boiling liquid so as to produce some specific effect, as cooking, cleansing, etc.; as, to boil meat; to boil clothes..

Sericin :: Sericin (n.) A gelatinous nitrogenous material extracted from crude silk and other similar fiber by boiling water; -- called also silk gelatin.

Thermobarometer :: Thermobarometer (n.) An instrument for determining altitudes by the boiling point of water.

Stew :: Stew (v. t.) To boil slowly, or with the simmering or moderate heat; to seethe; to cook in a little liquid, over a gentle fire, without boiling; as, to stew meat; to stew oysters; to stew apples..

Samp :: Samp (n.) An article of food consisting of maize broken or bruised, which is cooked by boiling, and usually eaten with milk; coarse hominy..

Boil :: Boil (v.) To be in boiling water, as in cooking; as, the potatoes are boiling..

Boiling :: Boiling (n.) The act of ebullition or of tumultuous agitation.

Gelatine :: Gelatine (n.) Animal jelly; glutinous material obtained from animal tissues by prolonged boiling. Specifically (Physiol. Chem.), a nitrogeneous colloid, not existing as such in the animal body, but formed by the hydrating action of boiling water on the collagen of various kinds of connective tissue (as tendons, bones, ligaments, etc.). Its distinguishing character is that of dissolving in hot water, and forming a jelly on cooling. It is an important ingredient of calf's-foot jelly, isinglass, gl

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..

Fluorene :: Fluorene (n.) A colorless, crystalline hydrocarbon, C13H10 having a beautiful violet fluorescence; whence its name. It occurs in the higher boiling products of coal tar, and is obtained artificially..

Saccharinic :: Saccharinic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, saccharin; specifically, designating a complex acid not known in the free state but well known in its salts, which are obtained by boiling dextrose and levulose (invert sugar) with milk of lime..

Train Oil :: Train oil () Oil procured from the blubber or fat of whales, by boiling..

Saltern :: Saltern (n.) A building or place where salt is made by boiling or by evaporation; salt works.

Blanch :: Blanch (a.) To whiten, as the surface of meat, by plunging into boiling water and afterwards into cold, so as to harden the surface and retain the juices..

Hasty Pudding :: Hasty pudding () A batter or pudding made of flour or oatmeal, stirred into boiling water or milk..

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)..

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

Fervid :: Fervid (a.) Very hot; burning; boiling.

Boil :: Boil (v. t.) To heat to the boiling point, or so as to cause ebullition; as, to boil water..

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