Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: boils
IPA transcription: [b'ɔɪlz]
Pronunciations of boils
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Usage examples
  • When it boils, take off the scum, put in two or three onions, a blade of mace, a little salt and pepper.
  • After that he pours water and medicine into a vessel; if the charm has succeeded, the water boils up and rain follows.
  • As soon as it boils, take it from the fire, and skim it till clear--then put it on the fire, and let it boil till it becomes a thick syrup--strain it for use.
  • There's the most intense sort of thermal erosion you can imagine--the ice-cap melts in the spring to a sea, which boils away completely by the middle of the summer.
  • Apis has been a popular remedy for boils from time immemorial; the people have been in the habit of covering boils with honey, more particularly honey in which a bee had perished.
  • As soon as it boils up well, take it from the fire, let it remain for a minute, then take off the scum--set it back on the fire, and let it boil a minute, then take it off, and skim it again.
  • When the meat is sufficiently fried, take it up, remove the frying pan from the fire to cool; when so, turn in a little cold water for the gravy, put it on the fire--when it boils, stir in a little mixed flour and water, let it boil, then turn it over the meat.
  • When the water boils, stir the alum and tartar up in it, put in the goods, and let them boil a couple of hours; then rinse them in fair water--empty the kettle, and put in three gallons of water, and the madder; rub it fine in the water, then put in the goods, and set them where they will keep scalding hot for an hour, without boiling--stir them constantly.
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