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Definition of Parboils
1. parboil [v] - See also: parboil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parboils
Literary usage of Parboils
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Therapeutics of intermittent fever by Henry Clay Allen (1884)
"Easily excited sweat during sleep and motion (excited by motion only, Bry.—relieved
by motion, Caps.). The sweat parboils the skin ..."
2. The Homoeopathic therapeutics of intermittent fever by Henry Clay Allen (1879)
"The sweat parboils the skin. ... parboils the fingere, Ant. c.). Tongue:—White
or yellow; thick, ..."
3. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1889)
"I have noticed to a small extent that the sun parboils them when exposed to its
direct rays, but a properly trained bush should be in such a position that ..."
4. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1813)
"... produces a fermentation which nearly parboils the herrings, and removes the
coarse and raw flavour so often complained of. ..."
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