simlin (simlin)

[Also simblin, simbling; sometimes spelled, erroneously, cymlin, cymblin, cymbling; a dial. var. of simnel, q. v.] 1. A kind of cake: same as simnel, 1. Hall i well. [Prov. Eng.] -2. A kind of small squash. See simnel, 2. [Southern and western U. S.] "That 'ar lot," said Teague Poteet, after a while, "is the ole Mathis lot. The line runs right acrost my simblin ' patch." J. C. Harris , The Century, XXVI. 143. simmer1 (sim'èr), v . [Formerly also simber and simper , early mod. E. symper (see simper1 ); a freq. form of * sim , summa , hum, buzz, = Dan. sum me = MLG. summen = G. summen, hum; ef. Hind. sumsum, sunsun, sans an, the crackling of moist wood when burning, simmering: an imitative word, like hum, and bum1, boom1.] I. in trans. 1. To make a gentle murmuring or hi ing sound, under the action of heat, as liquids when beginning to boil; hence, to become heated gradually: said especially of liquids which are to be kept, while heating, just below the boiling-point. Placing the ve el in warm sand, increase the heat by degrees, till the spirit of wine begin to simmer or to boil a little. Boyle , Works, I. 712. (Richardson.) A plate of hot buttered toast was gently simmering before the fire. Dickens, Pickwick, xxvii. Between the andirons' straddling feet The mug of cider simmered slow. Whittier , Snow-Bound. 2. Figuratively, to be on the point of boiling or breaking forth, as suppre ed anger. "Old Joshway," as he is irreverently called by his neighbours, is in a state of simmering indignation; but he has not yet opened his lips. George Eliot, Adam Bede, ii. This system was suited for a period when colonies in a state of simmering rebellion had to be watched. Fortnightly Rev. , N. S., XLIII. 177. II. trans. To cause to simmer; heat gradually: said especially of liquids kept just below the boiling-point. Green wood will at last simmer itself into a blaze. G. H. Hollister , Kinley Hollow, xv. simmerl (sim'er), n. [ simmer too much, and it 's clean done for. Trollope , Orley Farm, xlvii.