Meaning

verb come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor

noun a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus

verb immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes

originFrom Middle English boillen, from Old French boillir (see French bouillir) from Latin bullīre (“to bubble, boil”), from bulla (“bubble”). Displaced native Old English weallan (intransitive) and…

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