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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

bullire

bullitum

, to boil. See

Verb.

]

The action of boiling; boiling.

[Obs.]

See

Bacon.

Noun.

[L. bullio, to boil. See Boil.] The act or state of boiling. Superseded by ebullition.

bullition ‎(plural bullitions)

(obsolete) The action of boiling.
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