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Webster 1913 Edition

Boiling

Boil′ing

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Adj.
Heated to the point of bubbling; heaving with bubbles; in tumultuous agitation, as boiling liquid; surging; seething; swelling with heat, ardor, or passion.
Boiling point
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the temperature at which a fluid is converted into vapor, with the phenomena of ebullition. This is different for different liquids, and for the same liquid under different pressures. For water, at the level of the sea, barometer 30 in., it is 212 ° Fahrenheit; for alcohol, 172.96°; for ether, 94.8°; for mercury, about 675°. The boiling point of water is lowered one degree Fahrenheit for about 550 feet of ascent above the level of the sea.
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Boiling spring
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a spring which gives out very hot water, or water and steam, often ejecting it with much force; a geyser.
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To be at the boiling point
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to be very angry.
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To keep the pot boiling
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to keep going on actively, as in certain games.
[Colloq.]

Boil′ing

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Noun.
1.
The act of ebullition or of tumultuous agitation.
2.
Exposure to the action of a hot liquid.

Webster 1828 Edition

Boiling

BOIL'ING

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ppr.
Bubbling; heaving in bubbles; being agitated as boiling liquor; swelling with heat, ardor or passion; dressing or preparing for some purpose by hot water.

BOIL'ING

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Noun.
The act or state of bubbling; agitation by heat; ebullition; the act of dressing by hot water; the act of preparing by hot water, or of evaporating by heat.

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