EMBOIL

Etymology

Verb

emboil (third-person singular simple present emboils, present participle emboiling, simple past and past participle emboiled)

(obsolete, intransitive) To boil with anger; to effervesce.

(obsolete, transitive) To cause to boil with anger; to irritate; to chafe.

Anagrams

• -mobile, Mobile, bemoil, emboli, mobile

Source: Wiktionary


Em*boil", v. i.

Definition: To boil with anger; to effervesce. [Obs.] Spenser.

Em*boil", v. t.

Definition: To cause to boil with anger; to irritate; to chafe. [Obs.] Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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