bullire
91budge — ► VERB 1) make or cause to make the slightest movement. 2) change or cause to change an opinion. ORIGIN French bouger to stir , from Latin bullire to boil …
92bullion — ► NOUN ▪ gold or silver in bulk before coining. ORIGIN Old French bouillon, based on Latin bullire to boil …
93boil — ‘large spot’ [OE] and boil ‘vaporize with heat’ [13] are distinct words. The former comes from Old English byl or byle, which became bile in Middle English; the change to boil started in the 15th century, perhaps from association with the verb.… …
94bullion — [14] The immediate source of bullion was Anglo Norman bullion, which meant ‘place where coins are made, mint’, so presumably the underlying connotation is of melting, or ‘boiling’, metal down and then turning it into coins. On this reasoning it… …
95boil — boil1 [boil] vi. [ME boilen < OFr boillir < L bullire < bulla, a bubble, knob; prob. < IE * bu , var. of echoic base * beu , * bheu , to blow up, cause to swell] 1. to bubble up and vaporize over direct heat 2. to reach the vaporizing …
96budge — budge1 [buj] vt., vi. budged, budging [Fr < OFr bouger, to move < VL * bullicare, to boil < L bullire,BOIL1] 1. to move even a little [unable to budge the boulder] 2. to yield or cause to yield budge2 [buj] …
97ebullient — [i bool′yənt, ibul′yənt] adj. [L ebulliens, prp. of ebullire, to boil up < e , out + bullire, BOIL1] 1. bubbling; boiling 2. overflowing with enthusiasm, high spirits, etc.; exuberant ebullience n. ebulliency ebulliently adv …
98parboil — [pär′boil΄] vt. [ME parboilen < OFr parboullir < par (< L per), through, thoroughly + boullir (< L bullire), to BOIL1: meaning infl. in ME & ModE by assoc. of par with PART1] 1. to boil (meat or vegetables) until partly cooked, as in… …
99boil — 1. v. & n. v. 1 intr. a (of a liquid) start to bubble up and turn into vapour; reach a temperature at which this happens. b (of a vessel) contain boiling liquid (the kettle is boiling). 2 a tr. bring (a liquid or vessel) to a temperature at which …
100budge — v. (usu. with neg.) 1 intr. a make the slightest movement. b change one s opinion (he s stubborn, he won t budge). 2 tr. cause or compel to budge (nothing will budge him). Phrases and idioms: budge up (or over) make room for another person by… …
