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Webster 1913 Edition

Seethe

Seethe

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp.
Seethed
(
Sod
,
obs.
);
p. p.
Seethed
,
Sodden
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Seething
.]
[OE.
sethen
, AS.
seoĢ[GREEK]an
; akin to D.
sieden
, OHG.
siodan
, G.
sieden
, Icel.
sj[GREEK][GREEK]a
, Sw.
sjuda
, Dan.
syde
, Goth.
saubs
a burnt offering. Cf.
Sod
,
Noun.
,
Sodden
,
Suds
.]
To decoct or prepare for food in hot liquid; to boil;
as, to
seethe
flesh
.
[Written also
seeth
.]
Set on the great pot, and
seethe
pottage for the sons of the prophets.
2 Kings iv. 38.

Seethe

,
Verb.
I.
To be a state of ebullition or violent commotion; to be hot; to boil.
1 Sam. ii. 13.
A long Pointe, round which the Mississippi used to whirl, and
seethe
, and foam.
G. W. Cable.

Webster 1828 Edition

Seethe

SEETHE

,
Verb.
T.
pret. seethed, sod; pp. seethed, sodden. [Heb. to seethe, to boil, to swell, to be inflated.] To boil; to decoct or prepare for food in hot liquor; as, to seethe flesh.
Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk. Ex. 23.

SEETHE

,
Verb.
I.
To be in a state of ebullition; to be hot. [This word is rarely used in the common concerns of life.]

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