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BOILING
boiling
(adverb) extremely; “boiling mad”
boiling, stewing, simmering
(noun) cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil
boiling
(noun) the application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
boiling
present participle of boil
Noun
boiling (plural boilings)
The process of changing the state of a substance from liquid to gas by heating it to its boiling point.
(uncountable) An animation style with constantly changing wavy outlines, giving a shimmering or wobbling appearance.
Adjective
boiling (comparative more boiling, superlative most boiling)
That boils or boil.
(informal, hyperbole) Of a thing: extremely hot or active.
(informal, hyperbole) Of a person: feeling uncomfortably hot.
(informal, hyperbole) Of the weather: very hot.
Adverb
boiling (not comparable)
(of adjectives associated with heat) Extremely
Source: Wiktionary
Boil"ing, a.
Definition: Heated to the point of bubbling; heaving with bubbles; in tumultuous agitation, as boiling liquid; surging; seething; swelling with heat, ardor, or passion. Boiling point, the temperature at which a fluid is converted into vapor, with the phenomena of ebullition. This is different for different liquids, and for the same liquid under different pressures. For water, at the level of the sea, barometer 30 in., it is 212 º Fahrenheit; for alcohol, 172.96º; for ether, 94.8º; for mercury, about 675º. The boiling point of water is lowered one degree Fahrenheit for about 550 feet of ascent above the level of the sea.
– Boiling spring, a spring which gives out very hot water, or water and steam, often ejecting it with much force; a geyser.
– To be at the boiling point, to be very angry.
– To keep the pot boiling, to keep going on actively, as in certain games. [Colloq.]
Boil"ing, n.
1. The act of ebullition or of tumultuous agitation.
2. Exposure to the action of a hot liquid.
BOIL
Boil, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Boiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Boiling.] Etym: [OE. boilen, OF. boilir, builir, F. bouillir, fr. L. bullire to be in a bubbling motion, from bulla bubble; akin to Gr. , Lith. bumbuls. Cf. Bull an edict, Budge, v., and Ebullition.]
1. To be agitated, or tumultuously moved, as a liquid by the generation and rising of bubbles of steam (or vapor), or of currents produced by heating it to the boiling point; to be in a state of ebullition; as, the water boils.
2. To be agitated like boiling water, by any other cause than heat; to bubble; to effervesce; as, the boiling waves. He maketh the deep to boil like a pot. Job xii. 31.
3. To pass from a liquid to an aëriform state or vapor when heated; as, the water boils away.
4. To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid; as, his blood boils with anger. Then boiled my breast with flame and burning wrath. Surrey.
5. To be in boiling water, as in cooking; as, the potatoes are boiling. To boil away, to vaporize; to evaporate or be evaporated by the action of heat.
– To boil over, to run over the top of a vessel, as liquid when thrown into violent agitation by heat or other cause of effervescence; to be excited with ardor or passion so as to lose self-control.
Boil, v. t.
1. To heat to the boiling point, or so as to cause ebullition; 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, etc.; as, to boil meat; to boil clothes. The stomach cook is for the hall, And boileth meate 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. To boil down, to reduce in bulk by boiling; as, to boil down sap or sirup.
Boil, n.
Definition: Act or state of boiling. [Colloq.]
Boil, n. Etym: [Influenced by boil, v. See Beal, Bile.]
Definition: 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.
– Delhi boil (Med.), a peculiar affection of the skin, probably parasitic in origin, prevailing in India (as among the British troops) and especially at Delhi.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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