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Definition of Boiled egg
1. Noun. Egg cooked briefly in the shell in gently boiling water.
Generic synonyms: Dish
Specialized synonyms: Hard-boiled Egg, Hard-cooked Egg
Definition of Boiled egg
1. Noun. An egg which has been cooked in the shell in boiling water. It can be hard-boiled or soft-boiled. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Boiled Egg
Literary usage of Boiled egg
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1873)
"In the first place, is it true that the skin of the white of a boiled egg has a
glazed or shining appearance? Let MR. SKEAT examine the next boiled ..."
2. The Diseases of Infancy and Childhood: For the Use of Students and by Luther Emmett Holt (1897)
"A soft boiled egg »adding or junket, In small quantities as dessert with any diets.
id ... A soft-boiled egg, bread and but a glasa of milk. i Meal (11 am). ..."
3. The Picayune Creole Cook Book (1922)
"They cling to the old-fashioned soft- boiled egg, the hard-boiled egg, fried egg,
... If you desire the yolk to be set also in the soft- boiled egg, ..."
4. Modern methods in nursing by Georgiana Jane Sanders (1922)
"They should be placed in water at about 175° F. and kept at that temperature for
forty-five minutes. A hard-boiled egg may be chopped ..."
5. The Book of the Farm by Henry Stephens (1852)
"Let the poults be visited every 3 or 4 hours, supplied with hard-boiled egg and
clean water. Let their food be removed after the poults are served, ..."
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