单词 | overboil |
释义 | † overboiln. Obsolete. rare. on the overboil: in an overactive condition, in a state of ebullience. ΚΠ 1883 J. Ruskin Let. 30 Oct. in Igdrasil (1890) June 218 And my brains always on the overboil, if I don't mind. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2018). overboilv. 1. transitive. To boil for too long so as to overcook. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > cook [verb (transitive)] > boil > overboil overboil1584 1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health cxxx. 115 Fine meates in hoat stomackes, be as it were ouer boyled, when the grosser are but duely concocted. a1643 W. Cartwright Ordinary (1651) i. iii. 11 They are A little over-boyl'd, or so. 1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery i. 12 Most people spoil Garden Things by over boiling them. All thiugs [sic] that are Green should have a little Crispness, for if they are over boil'd they neither have any Sweetness or Beauty. 1915 W. Owen Let. 16 June (1967) 339 Ten thousand cabbages, over-boiled, and partly digested. 1944 Amer. Soc. Rev. 9 673/2 Too many cooks often make the research broth inedible for all the clients, either by putting too many ingredients into the pot or by overboiling the mixture. 2002 Denver Post (Nexis) 26 Apr. ff1 [The restaurant] tends to overboil its several pasta shapes. 2. a. intransitive. To boil over; to boil so as to overflow the pot, etc. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > passion > be or become affected with passion [verb (intransitive)] > (be ready to) burst out anburstc1275 boilc1386 to fly outc1400 flamea1591 flush1601 overboil1611 burst1633 bust1705 outblazea1711 explode1834 the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > be excessive [verb (intransitive)] overdoa1325 exceed1488 to pass, be above or beyond, God's forbodec1540 overreacha1568 overlaunch1579 overact1611 overboil1611 to overstep the mark (also line)1827 to cut it too fat1836 to break bounds1856 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xx. 738/1 Which made her spirits ouer-boile with impatience. ?a1659 T. Pestell Epist. & Epigramms in Poems (1940) 25 Their bloud overboiles, strange heats in the liuer The brain with a dull vertigo so tainted With all their old frends they grow disacquainted. a1674 R. Herrick Hesperides in Poet. Wks. (1915) 105 Seas chafe and fret, and beat, and over-boile; But turne soone after calme, as Balme, or Oile. 1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III lxix. 39 To keep the mind Deep in its fountain, lest it overboil. 1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. II. vi. 209 No word, lest Crispi overboil and burst. 1945 William & Mary Q. 2 268 Alien-Americans, and the disciples of New Light politics to rend the welkin with their declaraions, to overboil with new modes and ceremonies. 1996 Independent 18 Oct. i. 11/1 (advt.) The..kettle may have a fault which causes water to overboil through the spout during use. b. transitive. Of a liquid: to boil over so as to overflow (a vessel, etc.).In quot. 1613 as part of an extended metaphor. ΚΠ 1613 J. Stephens Cinthia's Revenge ii. iv. sig. F3v So did thy turbulent faction ouer-boyle The brim of due obedience. 1883 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 514/1 One of the intermittent geysers hisses and bubbles in the rocks above, and now and then, overboiling its cauldron, splashes down into the river. 2003 S. Holman Mammoth Cheese ix. 154 Only once before had he ever seen a fog so thick, rushing down from the mountains like soup overboiling a pot. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > exciting > excite [verb (transitive)] > excessively over-wheel1599 overwork1645 overheat1648 overboil1687 fanaticize1812 over-excite1817 1687 M. Prior & Earl of Halifax Hind & Panther Transvers'd 12 Till Pride of Empire, Lust, and hot Desire Did over-boile him, like too great a Fire. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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