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Definition of Boilable
1. boil [adj] - See also: boil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Boilable
Literary usage of Boilable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1921)
"It interferes in no way with the absorption of the sutures, and is not precipitated
by the proteins of the body fluids. boilable Grade ..."
2. A Manual of Gynecology by John Cooke Hirst (1918)
"The non-boilable tubes contain catgut which has not been dehydrated, is flexible
and much inferior to the boilable kind. The latter is harsh and stiff, ..."
3. Red Cross Notes by Johnson & Johnson (1910)
"In the "boilable" tube prepared by Johnson & Johnson is the most pliable and the
strongest catgut suture that has ever been offered to the surgeon. ..."
4. Urology: Diseases of the Urinary Organs, Diseases of the Male Genital Organs by Edward Loughborough Keyes (1917)
"CATHETERS A good catheter must be smooth both inside and out, boilable and durable.
Two special features of importance are the "round-edged" or "velvet" eye ..."
5. Life amongst the Indians by George Catlin (1867)
"Here my young blood was too boilable, and my nerves decidedly too excitable for
my business. Successive chills seemed to rise, I don't recollect where from, ..."
6. The Chemistry of cookery by William Mattieu Williams (1900)
"Generally speaking, ordinary animal fats are not boilable under the pressure of
our atmosphere (one of the constituent fatty acids of butter, butyric acid, ..."
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