Boil

i. [Fr. bouillir; Lat. bullio, from bulla, a bubble.] To swell, heave, or be agitated by the action of heat, as a liquid; to bubble; to rise in bubbles from the surface; as, the water boils. "He saw there boil the fiery whirlpools." - Chapman. -To be disturbed or agitated by other causes than heat; to effervesce; to move like boiling water. "Then headlong shoots beneath the dashing tide, The trembling fins the boiling waves divide." - Gay. -To be hot, ardent, or fervid; as, it makes my blood boil . "That strength with which my boiling youth was fraught, When in the vale of Balafor I fought." - Dryden. -To be cooked by boiling; to suffer boiling heat in a liquid. IMG:content-0682.png:[blocks in formation] -To dre or cook in boiling water; to seethe; as, to boil a piece of beef. "In eggs boiled and roasted,... there is scarce any difference to be discerned." - Bacon.