(v.) To be agitated, or tumultuously moved, as a liquid by the generation and rising of bubbles of steam (or vapor), or of currents produced by heating it to the boiling point; to be in a state of ebullition; as, the water boils.
(v.) To be agitated like boiling water, by any other cause than heat; to bubble; to effervesce; as, the boiling waves.
(v.) To pass from a liquid to an aeriform state or vapor when heated; as, the water boils away.
(v.) To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid; as, his blood boils with anger.
(v.) To be in boiling water, as in cooking; as, the potatoes are boiling.
(v. t.) To heat to the boiling point, or so as to cause ebullition; as, to boil water.
(v. t.) To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation; as, to boil sugar or salt.
(v. t.) To subject to the action of heat in a boiling liquid so as to produce some specific effect, as cooking, cleansing, etc.; as, to boil meat; to boil clothes.
(v. t.) To steep or soak in warm water.
(n.) Act or state of boiling.
(n.) A hard, painful, inflamed tumor, which, on suppuration, discharges pus, mixed with blood, and discloses a small fibrous mass of dead tissue, called the core.
Example Sentences:
(1) He says the next step will be moving to bore water, which will require people to boil water to drink.
(2) In addition to the proteinase, 3 or 4 peptides (16-22.0 kDa) were visible in SDS-PAGE gels of gland cell proteins; on boiling, these peptides aggregated to 31 kDa.
(3) Trout fishing is excellent in both, and after they fall over the edge of the Piedmont Plateau to the Atlantic Coastal Plain, the lower stretches of both waterways boil into class-2 and -3 whitewater for kayakers and canoeists.
(4) Serum SIRS-inducing activity was abrogated by treatment with proteinase K or boiling, but was not affected by dialysis, acidification to pH 2, or heating to 56 degrees C. This serum factor could be distinguished functionally and antigenically from SIRS and from interferon (IFN) alpha or IFN gamma.
(5) Next they are lucky if they can obtain an appointment before the boil bursts.
(6) The result that shed walls can be solubilized by boiling in SDS-dithiothreitol indicates that disulfide linkages are critical for wall integrity.
(7) Doctors refuse to discharge 'Baby Asha' because of fears for safety on Nauru Read more It’s understood the baby girl, who is about a year old and is known as Asha, suffered burns when boiling water was accidentally spilt on her on Nauru.
(8) Illness was also significantly associated with eating lightly cooked eggs (unmatched p = 0.02), but not soft boiled eggs, and precooked hot chicken (matched p = 0.006).
(9) The method is based on sonification of bacterial suspension in the presence of lysozyme and EDTA and subsequent extraction of the pellet with boiling water.
(10) Cobra poly C9 that is resistant to reduction and boiling in SDS could also be demonstrated.
(11) The vacuum flask method of using boiling water to decontaminate soft contact lenses is better and less expensive than other ways of using moist heat and can be safely and effectively applied under most domestic circumstances.
(12) The stimulating effect of the extract on 14C-NA incorporation into mitochondria is retained after dialysis, but is removed upon boiling of the extract.
(13) From about 1891 to 1905 home rule seemed to go off the boil in Ireland; people agitated instead over land reform and Irish universities.
(14) To examine the safety of foods (meat and milk) obtained from animals whose feeds were preserved with allyl isothiocyanate (AITC), the authors investigated the status and development of animals, some aspects of protein, lipid and carbohydrate metabolism, some enzymes, hemopoiesis and reproduction function of Wistar rats fed diets containing the above products (55 g dry milk or 50 g boiled meat per 100 g diet).
(15) The exception was potato crisps which gave a similar glycemic response to boiled potato.
(16) The debate about house prices is reignited on Mondayamid claims by Britain's biggest property website that prices for homes have come "off the boil".
(17) This issue boils down to the question whether the ballot sponsors are more like citizens with strong policy views about a law (who normally cannot defend a law in federal court) or, instead, surrogate public officials who can act as the state for purposes of this lawsuit when the state itself refuses to do so (who would be permitted to defend the law).
(18) The findings will bring to the boil a long-simmering row over whether those differences mean organic food is better for people, with one expert calling the work sexed up.
(19) In animal experiments cholesterol is reduced by supplementing the diet with large doses of fresh, boiled, or dried products.
(20) The distribution of pancreatic polypeptide (PP)-like immunoreactivity (LI) in rat tissue was determined by a specific radioimmunoassay (RIA) after extraction with boiling 1 N acetic acid.
Haggis
Definition:
(n.) A Scotch pudding made of the heart, liver, lights, etc., of a sheep or lamb, minced with suet, onions, oatmeal, etc., highly seasoned, and boiled in the stomach of the same animal; minced head and pluck.
Example Sentences:
(1) Half of us are vegetarian, so there was a vegetarian haggis too.
(2) Is haggis good?” he asked, curious about British cuisine.
(3) The haggis tolerance test may be useful in Sassenachs.
(4) "Jellied eels were always considered a regional dish, much like haggis is to Scotland, mushy peas are to northern England and laver bread is to Wales."
(5) Campaigners intend to hold a rally in New York outside the UN offices attended by Oscar-winning film-maker Paul Haggis.
(6) Richard Haggis Oxford • I do not understand what all the worry's about because after 6 April the economy will go roaring away.
(7) Vegetarian haggis gyoza dumplings You can make your own wrappers, but it's much easier to buy them frozen at Japanese or Oriental shops.
(8) Burns is, according to the poet Edwin Muir, "to the respectable, a decent man; to the Rabelaisian, bawdy; to the sentimentalist, sentimental; to the socialist, a revolutionary; to the nationalist, a patriot; to the religious, pious …" So no doubt, this January at the start of referendum year , even diehard unionists will be searching around for words of his that seem to support their position and, where they can extrapolate them, sprinkling them around with abandon to salt their haggis, neeps and tatties at Burns suppers the length and breadth of the land.
(9) 3 Add freshly chopped coriander, the nutmeg, cumin and some salt and pepper to the haggis mixture, and combine thoroughly.
(10) He was unhappy, and grim, and he gazed at the chairman Keith Vaz with the distaste that Rabbie Burns might have shown to a vegetarian haggis.
(11) These will transition drivers to the correct side of the road – whether travelling south–north or north-south – and avoid cross-border crashes – "a PR disaster worse than horsemeat in haggis", according to one planner.
(12) To start with we had haggis nachos and haggis gyoza dumplings with an Irn Bru dipping sauce, made by my friend Mandy, which were quite incredible.
(13) Cook, Get-Togethers - Burns night at Su Moore's flat Photograph: Mimi Mollica Makes 36–48 2 tbsp sunflower or rapeseed oil 225g vegetarian haggis (about half a packaged vegetarian haggis, such as Macsween vegetarian haggis) 3 garlic cloves, chopped 1 tbsp chopped ginger to taste 5 spring onions, diced Fresh coriander, finely chopped to taste (mint or Thai basil are good alternatives) ½ tsp nutmeg ½ tsp cumin Salt and pepper 48 (2 packs) ready-made gyoza wrappers (thawed as per instructions on packaging) A small glass cold tap water Hot tap water in a measuring jug 1 Begin by making the filling.
(14) This study shows that Scots have higher lipid concentrations than Sassenachs but seem to be resistant to the lipaemic effect of haggis.
(15) "He got up and started this riff on the great scrotum beast the haggis, and he went on for what must have been 20 minutes.
(16) Down the road at Bradbury's butchers, whose shelves heave with haggis, beef links, mealie puddings and clootie dumplings, a few customers have begun to discuss the break-up of the union.
(17) She plans to host a Burns night this year, with homemade haggis (she honed her technique last year by stuffing enough offal into a pig's stomach to feed 30 people, brave woman).
(18) There's a wide selection of teas, a kids' menu, gluten-free and vegan options, and the Sunday brunch is legendary – try the veggie haggis on toast for satisfying hangover stodge.
(19) Generations of schoolchildren had to learn To a Mouse , across the British empire his tribute to a haggis was pronounced at Burns suppers each January, and on TV shows like the BBC’s White Heather Club songs such as Ae Fond Kiss were sung.
(20) She also does a great line in curries and pub grub – think roasted veg vindaloo and vegetarian haggis pasties.