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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Boil

Boil, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [Fr. bouillir, Pr. & Sp. bullir, Pg. bulir, bolir, It. bollire, from Lat. bullire, to be in a bubbling motion, allied to A. S. weallan, Goth. wailjan, to ferment, boil.]

  1. To swell, heave, or be agitated by the action of heat;—used of liquids; to bubble; to rise in bubbles; as, the water boils. (Chem.) To pass from a liquid to an aëriform state or vapor, at the boiling point.
  2. To be similarly agitated by any other cause than heat; to bubble; to effervesce; as, the boiling waves.

He maketh the deep to boil like a pot. Job xli. 31. 3. To be hot or fervid; to be moved or excited; as, his blood boils with anger. Then boiled my breast with flame and burning wrath. Surrey. 4. To be in boiling water; to suffer boiling in water or other liquid. Fillet of a fenny snake In the caldron boil and bake. Shak. To boil away, to evaporate by boiling. — To boil over, to run over the top of a vessel, as liquor when thrown into violent agitation by heat or other cause of effervescence.

Boil, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. BOILED; p. pr. & vb. n. BOILING.]

  1. To cause to bubble or be agitated by the application of heat; as, to boil water.
  2. To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation; as, to boil sugar or salt.
  3. To subject to the action of heat in a boiling liquid, so as to produce some specific effect, as cooking, cleansing, &c.; as, to boil meat; to boil clothes.

The stomach cook is for the hall, And boileth meat for them all. Gower. 4. To steep or soak in warm water. [Obs.] To try whether seeds be old or new, the sense can not inform; but if you boil them in water, the new seeds will sprout sooner. Bacon.

Boil, n.

noun

n. [See BEAL and BILE.] A hard, painful, inflamed tumor, which, on suppuration, discharges pus, mixed with blood, and discloses a small fibrous mass of dead tissue, called the core.

A blind boil, one that suppurates imperfectly, or fails to come to a head.

[God] bids a plague Kindle a fiery boil upon the skin, And putrefy the breath of blooming health. Cowper.