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▪ I. simmer, n.|ˈsɪmə(r)|
[f. the vb.]
The state or condition of simmering. Chiefly in phr. on the (or at a) simmer. Also fig.
1809Malkin Gil Blas ii. v. ⁋4 The kettle was kept on the simmer. 1825Lamb Refl. in Pillory in Eliana (1867) 141 This nubbling might have helped the pot boil, when your dirty cuttings from the shambles..shall stand at a cold simmer. 1896Mrs. Caffyn Quaker Grandmother xii, In a constant simmer of trying to be good.
▪ II. simmer
Sc. form of summer.
▪ III. simmer, v.1|ˈsɪmə(r)|
Also 7 simber.
[Later form of simper v.1, the change being probably due to a feeling of phonetic appropriateness.
Simming in Beaum. & Fl. Coxcomb iv. vi. (‘'Tis still simming in her blood’) may be an error for simmering.]
1. a. intr. Of liquids: To make a subdued murmuring sound under the influence of continued heat; to be at a heat just below boiling-point. Also transf. of the containing vessel, etc.
1653More Antid. Atheism ii. xii. §12 That their vital heat and moisture may not always only simber in one sluggish tenour, but some times boil up higher and seeth over. 1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. iv. 135 Let it simmer on a gentle Fire, then let it cool. 1750Johnson Rambler No. 51 ⁋7 To watch the skillet on the fire, to see it simmer with a due degree of heat. 1791Cowper Iliad xviii. 432 The water in the singing brass Simmer'd. 1840Dickens Old C. Shop xviii, A large iron cauldron, bubbling and simmering in the heat. 1862M. E. Braddon Lady Audley xxxix, Over the handful of fire, upon which the broth..still bubbled and simmered. 1882‘Ouida’ Maremma I. 37 While her frugal supper was simmering.
transf. and fig.1817Byron Beppo xliii, That sort of farthing candlelight which glimmers Where reeking London's smoky caldron simmers. 1841B. Hall Patchwork I. ix. 150 The patient..keeps simmering [in the bath] eight or ten hours.
refl.1882G. H. Hollister Kinley Hollow xv, Green wood will at last simmer itself into a blaze.
b. Of feelings, tendencies, etc.: To be in a state of gentle activity; to be on the verge of becoming active or breaking out.
a1764R. Lloyd Author's Apol. Poet. Wks. 1774 I. 2 Whose friendship serves the talking turn, Just simmers to a kind concern. 1850Merivale Hist. Rom. Emp. liv. (1865) VI. 457 A spirit of reform..still simmered with genial warmth on the surface of society. 1860Froude Hist. Eng. VI. 145 The disaffection was already simmering in Devonshire. 188319th Cent. May 811 This mean business had simmered on, and was at last at boiling point.
c. Of persons, etc.: To be in a state of suppressed excitement or agitation.
1840Carlyle Heroes (1858) 235 This great fiery heart, seething, simmering like a great furnace of thoughts. 1876Gladstone Glean. II. 320 When they had left him boiling, or, at least simmering, in unanimity of wrath. 1884Spectator 4 Oct. 1322/1 The tribes of Afghanistan were simmering to revolt.
d. to simmer down: to calm down from an angry or excited state. orig. U.S.
1871‘Mark Twain’ Lett. to Publishers (1967) 58, I must and will keep shady and quiet till Bret Harte simmers down a little. 1897W. Beatty Secretar xiii. 102 In a while..he simmered down. 1902C. J. C. Hyne Mr. Horrocks, Purser 42 First Class passengers..don't handicap matters by interference—once they have simmered down. 1972Times Lit. Suppl. 22 Dec. 1561/5 There they simmer down for a space, forget their mundane cares.
2. trans. To keep in a heated condition just below boiling-point.
1823J. Badcock Dom. Amusem. 147 Boil and simmer it until the water having evaporated leaves the kali behind. 1850Holtzapffel Turning III. 1377 It is then skimmed and simmered for about three hours. 1883‘Annie Thomas’ Mod. Housewife 62 Simmer the whole for two hours, and strain.
▪ IV. † ˈsimmer, v.2 Obs.—1
[app. a var. of simmon v.]
trans. To cement.
1725W. Halfpenny Sound Building 49 You must add to the under Side by a Closier..; which, if simmer'd to the Brick, will add much to the Strength..of the Work. |