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Definition of Overboil
1. Verb. Overflow or cause to overflow while boiling. "The milk is boiling over"
2. Verb. Boil excessively. "The chefs overboil the vegetables"; "The peas are overboiled"
Definition of Overboil
1. v. i. To boil over or unduly.
Definition of Overboil
1. Verb. To boil excessively. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overboil
1. to boil too long [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overboil
Literary usage of Overboil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Who's who in Pennsylvania: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries by John William Leonard (1908)
"John W. Frick's wife was the daughter of Abraham overboil, and HC Frick was born
... C. Frick was practically adopted into the overboil family when he was ..."
2. The Horseless Age (1909)
"ET Rogers and RT overboil, who are said to be connected with a well known Wisconsin
... Rogers and overboil went to Des Moines on the invitation of the ..."
3. Tea-blending as a Fine Art by Joseph M. Walsh (1896)
"It must be boiled as rapidly as possible and used only at the boiling point,
and (j) It must be boiling, but must not overboil, for should it be allowed to ..."
4. Who's who in America by John William Leonard, Albert Nelson Marquis (1903)
"John W. and Elizabeth (overboil) F.; began business life as a clerk for his
grandfather, a flour mcht. and distiller; later embarked In small way in coke ..."
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