English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Boil (v. t.)

To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation; as, to boil sugar or salt.

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.

Boil (v. t.)

To steep or soak in warm water.

Boil (n.)

Act or state of boiling.

Boil (n.)

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.

Boilary (n.)

See Boilery.

Boiled (imp. & p. p.)

of Boil

Boiled (a.)

Dressed or cooked by boiling; subjected to the action of a boiling liquid; as, boiled meat; a boiled dinner; boiled clothes.

Boiler (n.)

One who boils.

Boiler (n.)

A vessel in which any thing is boiled.

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.

Boilery (n.)

A place and apparatus for boiling, as for evaporating brine in salt making.

Boiling (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Boil

Boiling (n.)

Exposure to the action of a hot liquid.

Boiling (n.)

The act of ebullition or of tumultuous agitation.

Boiling (a.)

Heated to the point of bubbling; heaving with bubbles; in tumultuous agitation, as boiling liquid; surging; seething; swelling with heat, ardor, or passion.

Boilingly (adv.)

With boiling or ebullition.

Bois d'arc

The Osage orange (Maclura aurantiaca).

Bois durci

A hard, highly polishable composition, made of fine sawdust from hard wood (as rosewood) mixed with blood, and pressed.

Boist (n.)

A box.