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boil | boll |

As nouns the difference between boil and boll

is that boil is a localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection or boil can be the point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour while boll is bowl, dish.

As a verb boil

is to heat (a liquid) to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.

boil

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) bile, .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.
    • Synonyms
    * abscess * carbuncle * cyst * furuncle * pimple * pustule
    External links
    * (Boil)

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) "to well up, boil"). More at seethe, well.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour.
    • Add the noodles when the water comes to the boil .
  • A dish of boiled food, especially based on seafood.
  • (rare, nonstandard) The collective noun for a group of hawks.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To heat (a liquid) to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
    • Boil some water in a pan.
  • (intransitive) To cook in boiling water.
    • Boil the eggs for two minutes.
    Is the rice boiling yet?
  • Of a liquid, to begin to turn into a gas, seethe.
    • Pure water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
  • (intransitive, informal, used only in progressive tenses) Said of weather being uncomfortably hot.
    • It’s boiling outside!
  • (intransitive, informal, used only in progressive tenses) To feel uncomfortably hot. See also seethe.
    • I’m boiling in here – could you open the window?
  • To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation.
    • to boil sugar or salt
  • (obsolete) To steep or soak in warm water.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • To try whether seeds be old or new, the sense cannot inform; but if you boil them in water, the new seeds will sprout sooner.
  • To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce.
    • the boiling waves of the sea
  • * Bible, Job xii. 31
    • He maketh the deep to boil like a pot.
  • To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid.
    • His blood boils with anger.
  • * Surrey
    • Then boiled my breast with flame and burning wrath.
    Synonyms
    * (of a liquid) seethe, well, plaw ; see also * (of the weather) be baking]], be scorching, [[swelter, be sweltering * (of a person) be seething]], be baking, [[stew, be stewing
    Antonyms
    * (of a liquid) condense * (of the weather) be freezing * (of a person) be freezing
    Derived terms
    * boil away * boil down * boil down to * boil off * boil over * go off the boil * hard-boiled * make someone's blood boil * parboil * pot boiler * slow boil * soft-boiled
    Related terms
    * ebullient
    See also
    * bake * condense * freeze * fry * grill * poach * steam
    External links
    * (Boiling)

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    boll

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
  • * 1853 ,
    • Sometimes the slave picks down one side of a row, and back upon the other, but more usually, there is one on either side, gathering all that has blossomed leaving the unopened bolls for a succeeding picking.
  • An old Scots dry measure, equal to six bushels.

    • Derived terms

    * boll weevil * throat-boll

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.
  • * Bible, Exodus ix. 31
    • The barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled .
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