Boil: alternatives and connections

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Trial, as a test or experiment.

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To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; t…

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To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Constitution; state; degree of any quality.

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To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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To prepare by boiling; to digest in hot or boiling water; to extract the strength or flavor of by boiling; to make an infusion of.

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That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or fermenting beer.

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To boil over or unduly.

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To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm.

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To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surfac…

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To decoct or prepare for food in hot liquid; to boil; as, to seethe flesh.

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To boil gently, or with a gentle hissing; to begin to boil.

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To make a hissing sound; to fry, or to dry and shrivel up, with a hissing sound.

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A small suppurting inflamed spot on the gum.

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One who boils.

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One who boils.

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A metallic vessel, with a wide mouth, often without a cover, used for heating and boiling water or other liguids.

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A metallic vessel, with a wide mouth, often without a cover, used for heating and boiling water or other liguids.

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A vessel in which milk or cream is stirred, beaten, or otherwise agitated (as by a plunging or revolving dasher) in order to separate the oily globul…

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A superficial, inflammatory tumor, suppurating with a central core; a boil.

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To daub; to make dirty; to soil; to defile.

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To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of; as, to roil wine, cider, etc. , in casks or bottles; to roil a spring.

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To decoct or prepare for food in hot liquid; to boil; as, to seethe flesh.

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A frieze.

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A frieze.

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