They boil the leaves of the guayusa tree in the gurgling centerpiece, and gently sip its tea-like drink.
Add the rice and boil, stirring occasionally, until very soft, 10 to 15 minutes.
Peel at least 12 green outer leaves from the Brussels sprouts and boil them until tender, about 30 seconds.
Bring the water to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer for 10 minutes, or until the potatoes are easily pierced with a fork.
Bring a big pot of water to the boil while you top and tail (trim) the beans.
boil them about three quarters of an hour, or till quits tender.
Then put to boil in water seasoned with salt or, better still, in broth.
It may be drunk hot or cold, but in any case must never be allowed to boil.
boil the macaroni in salted water until tender and drain them.
Bring to the boil a cupful of water and a tablespoonful of butter.
early 13c., from Old French bolir "boil, bubble up, ferment, gush" (12c., Modern French bouillir), from Latin bullire "to bubble, seethe," from PIE base *beu- "to swell" (see bull (n.2)). The native word is seethe. Figurative sense of "to agitate the feelings" is from 1640s.
I am impatient, and my blood boyls high. [Thomas Otway, "Alcibiades," 1675]Related: Boiled; boiling. Boiling point is recorded from 1773.
"hard tumor," altered from Middle English bile (Kentish bele), perhaps by association with the verb; from Old English byl, byle "boil, carbuncle," from West Germanic *buljon- "swelling" (cf. Old Frisian bele, Old High German bulia, German Beule). Perhaps ultimately from PIE root *bhel- (2) "to swell" (see bole), or from *beu- "to grow, swell" (see bull (n.2); also cf. boast). Cf. Old Irish bolach "pustule," Gothic ufbauljan "to puff up," Icelandic beyla "hump."
A painful, circumscribed pus-filled inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissue usually caused by a local staphylococcal infection. Also called furuncle.
(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.