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  • 1boil — n *abscess, furuncle, carbuncle, pimple, pustule boil vb Boil, seethe, simmer, parboil, stew mean to prepare (as food) in a liquid heated to the point where it emits considerable steam. Boil implies the bubbling of the liquid and the rapid escape …

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  • 2Boil — Boil, v. t. 1. To heat to the boiling point, or so as to cause ebullition; as, to boil water. [1913 Webster] 2. To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation; as, to boil sugar or salt. [1913 Webster] 3. To subject to the action of heat in a… …

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  • 3boil — boil1 [ bɔıl ] verb * 1. ) intransitive or transitive if a liquid boils, or if you boil it, it becomes so hot that there are BUBBLES in it and it starts to become a gas: When the water boils, add the rice. Boil some milk in a pan. put something… …

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  • 4boil — I UK [bɔɪl] / US verb Word forms boil : present tense I/you/we/they boil he/she/it boils present participle boiling past tense boiled past participle boiled * 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] if a liquid boils, or if you boil it, it becomes so hot …

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  • 5To boil down — Boil Boil, v. t. 1. To heat to the boiling point, or so as to cause ebullition; as, to boil water. [1913 Webster] 2. To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation; as, to boil sugar or salt. [1913 Webster] 3. To subject to the action of heat in …

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  • 6Boil (album) — Infobox Album Name = Boil Type = Live Album Artist = Foetus Released = August 20, 1996 Recorded = Glasgow, Brussels, and Dublin (February 1996) Genre = Industrial Length = 56:07 Label = Cleopatra Producer = ? Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5… …

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  • 7boil — 1 verb 1 (I, T) when a liquid boils it is hot enough to turn into gas: Put the spaghetti into plenty of boiling, salted water. (+ at): Water boils at 100 degrees centigrade. | We were advised to boil the water before drinking it. 2 (I, T) if… …

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  • 8wash|boil|er — «WOSH BOY luhr, WSH », noun. a large metal receptacle with a removable cover, for boiling clothes, table linen, and the like …

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  • 9Tzaraath — Part of Judaic series of articles on Ritual purity in Judaism   …

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  • 10Leviticus 13 — 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying, 2 When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest,… …

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