boil : Idioms & Phrases

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A blind boil

  • one that suppurates imperfectly, or fails to come to a head.
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aleppo boil

  • noun leishmaniasis of the skin; characterized by ulcerative skin lesions
    oriental sore; tropical sore; cutaneous leishmaniasis; Old World leishmaniasis; Aleppo boil.
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boil down

  • verb be the essential element
    reduce; come down.
    • The proposal boils down to a compromise
  • verb be cooked until very little liquid is left
    decoct; reduce; concentrate.
    • The sauce should reduce to one cup
  • verb cook until very little liquid is left
    concentrate; reduce.
    • The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time
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boil over

  • verb overflow or cause to overflow while boiling
    overboil.
    • The milk is boiling over
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boil smut

  • noun a common smut attacking Indian corn causing greyish white swellings that rupture to expose a black spore mass
    Ustilago maydis.
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boiled dinner

  • noun corned beef simmered with onions and cabbage and usually other vegetables
    boiled dinner.
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boiled egg

  • noun egg cooked briefly in the shell in gently boiling water
    coddled egg.
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boiling point

  • noun the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level
    boil.
    • they brought the water to a boil
  • noun being highly angry or excited; ready to boil over
    • after an hour of waiting I was at the boiling point
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boiling water reactor

  • noun a nuclear reactor that uses water as a coolant and moderator; the water boils in the reactor core and the steam produced can drive a steam turbine
    BWR.
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Delhi boil

  • noun leishmaniasis of the skin; characterized by ulcerative skin lesions
    oriental sore; tropical sore; cutaneous leishmaniasis; Old World leishmaniasis; Aleppo boil.
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  • (Med.), a peculiar affection of the skin, probably parasitic in origin, prevailing in India (as among the British troops) and especially at Delhi.
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hard-boiled

  • adjective satellite tough and callous by virtue of experience
    pugnacious; hard-bitten.
  • adjective satellite used of persons; emotionally hardened
    case-hardened; hardened.
    • faced a case-hardened judge
  • adjective satellite (eggs) cooked until the yolk is solid
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hard-boiled egg

  • noun an egg boiled gently until both the white and the yolk solidify
    hard-cooked egg.
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new england boiled dinner

  • noun corned beef simmered with onions and cabbage and usually other vegetables
    boiled dinner.
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soft-boiled

  • adjective easily moved to pity or sorrow
    softhearted.
    • a softhearted judge
  • adjective satellite (eggs) having the yolk still liquid
    • soft-boiled eggs
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Stone boiling

  • a method of boiling water or milk by dropping hot stones into it, in use among savages. Tylor.
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To be at the boiling point

  • to be very angry.
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To boil away

  • to vaporize; to evaporate or be evaporated by the action of heat.
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To boil down

  • to reduce in bulk by boiling; as, to boil down sap or sirup.
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To boil over

  • to run over the top of a vessel, as liquid when thrown into violent agitation by heat or other cause of effervescence; to be excited with ardor or passion so as to lose self-control.
Webster 1913

To keep the pot boiling

  • to keep going on actively, as in certain games. Colloq.
Webster 1913