[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

boil \boil\ boil, v. i. imp.  p. p. boiled boild; p. pr.
    vb. n. boiling. oe. boilen, of. boilir, builir, f.
   bouillir, fr. l. bullire to be in a bubbling motion, from
   bulla bubble; akin to gr. ?, lith. bumbuls. cf. bull an
   edict, budge, v., and ebullition.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

   2. to be agitated like boiling water, by any other cause than
      heat; to bubble; to effervesce; as, the boiling waves.
      1913 webster

            he maketh the deep to boil like a pot. --job xii.
                                                  31.
      1913 webster

   3. to pass from a liquid to an a"eriform state or vapor
      when heated; as, the water boils away.
      1913 webster

   4. to be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid;
      as, his blood boils with anger.
      1913 webster

            then boiled my breast with flame and burning wrath.
                                                  --surrey.
      1913 webster

   5. to be in boiling water, as in cooking; as, the potatoes
      are boiling.
      1913 webster

   to boil away, to vaporize; to evaporate or be evaporated by
      the action of heat.

   to boil over, 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.
      1913 webster
see also:
boiled boiling bull budge ebullition to boil away 
to boil over 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

boil \boil\, n.
   act or state of boiling. colloq.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

boil \boil\, n. influenced by boil, v. see beal, bile.
   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.
   1913 webster

   a blind boil, one that suppurates imperfectly, or fails to
      come to a head.

   delhi boil med., a peculiar affection of the skin,
      probably parasitic in origin, prevailing in india as
      among the british troops and especially at delhi.
      1913 webster
see also:
beal bile a blind boil delhi boil 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

boil \boil\, v. t.
   1. to heat to the boiling point, or so as to cause
      ebullition; as, to boil water.
      1913 webster

   2. to form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation; as, to
      boil sugar or salt.
      1913 webster

   3. 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.
      1913 webster

            the stomach cook is for the hall,
            and boileth meate for them all.       --gower.
      1913 webster

   4. to steep or soak in warm water. obs.
      1913 webster

            to try whether seeds be old or new, the sense can
            not inform; but if you boil them in water, the new
            seeds will sprout sooner.             --bacon.
      1913 webster

   to boil down, to reduce in bulk by boiling; as, to boil
      down sap or sirup.
      1913 webster
see also:
to boil down 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

boil
     n 1: a painful sore with a hard pus-filled core syn: furuncle
     2: the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level; "the
        brought to water to a boil" syn: boiling point
     v 1: come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor;
          "water boils at 100 degrees celsius" ant: freeze
     2: cook in boiling liquid; "boil potatoes"
     3: bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point; "boil this
        liquid until it evaporates"
     4: be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm" syn: churn,
         moil, roil
     5: be in an agitated emotional state; "the customer was
        seething with anger" syn: seethe
see also:
furuncle boiling point freeze churn moil roil 
seethe 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

287 moby thesaurus words for "boil":
   abscess, agitation, antisepticize, aposteme, autoclave, bake,
   barbecue, baste, be in heat, be livid, be pissed, bed sore, blain,
   blanch, blaze, bleb, blister, bloom, blow up, blubber, bluster,
   bobbery, boil over, boiling, bolt, braise, brew, bristle, broil,
   brouhaha, brown, browned off, bubble, bubble over, bubble up, bubo,
   bulla, bump, bunion, burble, burn, bustle, canker, canker sore,
   carbuncle, carry on, casserole, chafe, chancre, chancroid, charge,
   chase, chilblain, chlorinate, choke, churn, coction, coddle,
   cold sore, combust, commotion, conturbation, cook, corn, course,
   cover, culinary masterpiece, culinary preparation, curry, cyst,
   dash, decoct, decoction, decontaminate, delouse, devil, dilatation,
   dilation, discomposure, dish, disinfect, disorder, disquiet,
   disquietude, distension, distill, disturbance, do,
   do to perfection, ebullience, ebulliency, ebulliometer, ebullition,
   edema, effervesce, embroilment, entree, eschar, excitement, felon,
   ferment, fermentation, fester, festering, fever, fever blister,
   feverishness, fidgets, fire, fistula, fizz, fizzle, flame,
   flame up, flap, flare, flare up, flicker, fling, flurry, flush,
   fluster, flutteration, foam, foment, fret, fricassee, frizz,
   frizzle, fry, fulminate, fume, fumigate, furuncle, furunculus,
   fuss, gasp, gathering, glow, go on, griddle, grill, guggle,
   gumboil, gurgle, have a conniption, heat, hemorrhoids, hiss,
   hubbub, hurly-burly, hygienize, incandesce, inquietude,
   intumescence, jitters, jumpiness, kibe, lash, lesion, lump,
   maelstrom, main dish, malaise, moil, nerviness, nervosity,
   nervousness, oven-bake, pan, pan-broil, pant, papula, papule,
   parboil, parch, paronychia, parulis, pasteurize, perturbation,
   petechia, piles, pimple, pissed off, plop, poach, pock, polyp,
   prepare, prepare food, pustule, race, radiate heat, rage,
   raise cain, raise hell, raise the devil, raise the roof, rant,
   rant and rave, rave, restlessness, rising, roast, roil, rout, row,
   sanitate, sanitize, saute, scab, scald, scallop, scorch, sear,
   sebaceous cyst, seethe, seething, shimmer with heat, shirr, shoot,
   side dish, simmer, simmering, sizzle, smoke, smolder, smother,
   smoulder, soft chancre, sore, spark, sparkle, splutter, sputter,
   steam, sterilize, stew, stewing, stifle, stigma, stir, stir-fry,
   storm, sty, suffocate, suppuration, sweat, swell, swelling,
   swelter, swirl, swollenness, take on, tear, throw a fit, to-do,
   toast, trepidation, trepidity, tubercle, tumefaction, tumescence,
   tumidity, tumor, tumult, tumultuation, turbidity, turbulence,
   turgescence, turgescency, turgidity, turmoil, twitter, ulcer,
   ulceration, unease, unrest, upset, wale, welt, wen, wheal, whelk,
   whitlow, work, wound

[7] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

boil
   rendered "botch" in deut. 28:27, 35, an aggravated ulcer, as
   in the case of hezekiah 2 kings 20:7; isa. 38:21 or of the
   egyptians ex. 9:9, 10, 11; deut. 28:27, 35. it designates the
   disease of job 2:7, which was probably the black leprosy.
   

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