Part 1249

<hw>Bo*he"mi*an*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The characteristic conduct or methods of a Bohemian.</def> <mark>[Modern]</mark>

<h1>Bohun upas</h1> <Xpage=162>

<hw>Bo"hun u"pas</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>See <er>Upas</er>.</def>

<h1>Boiar</h1> <Xpage=162>

<hw>Bo*iar"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Boyar</er>.</def>

<h1>Boil</h1> <Xpage=162>

<hw>Boil</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Boiled</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Boiling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>boilen</ets>, OF. <ets>boilir</ets>, <ets>builir</ets>, F. <ets>bouillir</ets>, fr. L. <ets>bullire</ets> to be in a bubbling motion, from <ets>bulla</ets> bubble; akin to Gr. <ets><?/</ets>, Lith. <ets>bumbuls</ets>. Cf. <er>Bull</er> an edict, <er>Budge</er>, <ets>v</ets>., and <er>Ebullition</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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>as, the water <ex>boils</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To be agitated like boiling water, by any other cause than heat; to bubble; to effervesce; <as>as, the <ex>boiling</ex> waves</as>.</def>

<blockquote>He maketh the deep to <b>boil</b> like a pot. <i>Job xii. 31.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To pass from a liquid to an a\'89riform state or vapor when heated; <as>as, the water <ex>boils</ex> away</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid; <as>as, his blood <ex>boils</ex> with anger</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Then <b>boiled</b> my breast with flame and burning wrath. <i>Surrey.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To be in boiling water, as in cooking; <as>as, the potatoes are <ex>boiling</ex></as>.</def>

<cs><col>To boil away</col>, <cd>to vaporize; to evaporate or be evaporated by the action of heat.</cd> -- <col>To boil over</col>, <cd>to run over the top of a vessel, as liquid when thrown into violent agitation by heat or other cause of effervescence; to be excited with ardor or passion so as to lose self-control.</cd></cs>

<h1>Boil</h1> <Xpage=162>

<hw>Boil</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To heat to the boiling point, or so as to cause ebullition; <as>as, to <ex>boil</ex> water</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation; <as>as, to <ex>boil</ex> sugar or salt</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To subject to the action of heat in a boiling liquid so as to produce some specific effect, as cooking, cleansing, etc.; <as>as, to <ex>boil</ex> meat; to <ex>boil</ex> clothes.</as></def>

<blockquote>The stomach cook is for the hall, And <b>boileth</b> meate for them all. <i>Gower.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To steep or soak in warm water.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>To try whether seeds be old or new, the sense can not inform; but if you <b>boil</b> them in water, the new seeds will sprout sooner. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To boil down</col>, <cd>to reduce in bulk by boiling; as, to <i>boil down<i> sap or sirup.</cd></cs>

<h1>Boil</h1> <Xpage=162>

<hw>Boil</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Act or state of boiling.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Boil</h1> <Xpage=162>

<hw>Boil</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Influenced by <ets>boil</ets>, v. See <er>Beal</er>, <er>Bile</er>.]</ety> <def>A hard, painful, inflamed tumor, which, on suppuration, discharges pus, mixed with blood, and discloses a small fibrous mass of dead tissue, called the <i>core</i>.</def>

<cs><col>A blind boil</col>, <cd>one that suppurates imperfectly, or fails to come to a head.</cd> -- <col>Delhi boil</col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>a peculiar affection of the skin, probably parasitic in origin, prevailing in India (as among the British troops) and especially at Delhi.</cd></cs>

<h1>Boilary</h1> <Xpage=162>