boiled egg

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
boil1
verb
  • 1 (with reference to a liquid) reach or cause to reach the temperature at which it bubbles and turns to vapour.
  • 2 (with reference to food) cook or be cooked by immersion in boiling water.
  • 3 (of the sea or clouds) be turbulent and stormy.

    ■ (of a person or emotion) be stirred up or inflamed.

    ■ (boil over) become so excited or tense as to lose control.

  • 4 (boil down to) amount to.
noun
  • 1 the act or process of boiling.

    ■ boiling point.

  • 2 Fishing a sudden rise of a fish at a fly.
– phrases
keep the pot boiling maintain the brisk momentum or interest value of something.
– origin ME: from OFr. boillir, from L. bullire ‘to bubble’, from bulla ‘bubble’.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
boil2
noun an inflamed pus-filled swelling on the skin.
– origin OE bȳle, bȳl, of W. Gmc origin.
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