PARBOILED

Verb

parboiled

simple past tense and past participle of parboil

Adjective

parboiled (comparative more parboiled, superlative most parboiled)

partially boiled

Source: Wiktionary


PARBOIL

Par"boil`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parboiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Parboiling.] Etym: [OE. parboilen, OF. parbouillir to cook well; par through (see Par) + bouillir to boil, L. bullire. The sense has been influenced by E. part. See lst Boil.]

1. To boil or cook thoroughly. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

2. To boil in part; to cook partially by boiling.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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