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Definition of Reboil

1. v. t. & i. To boil, or to cause to boil, again.

Definition of Reboil

1. Verb. boil again ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Reboil

1. boil [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: boil

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reboil

Literary usage of Reboil

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Complete Course in Canning: Being a Thorough Exposition of the Best (1919)
"Peel, remove all eyes and cut in slices a half inch thick; place in jars and cover with boiling 16-degree syrup; in 24 hours reboil syrup and add sugar to ..."

2. A Manual of Materia Medica and Pharmacology: Comprising All Organic and by David Marvel Reynolds Culbreth (1906)
"... removed by skimming ; mucilage and starch dissolved in water) ; now strain, reboil to destroy acidity, strain ; if opaque treat with fuller's earth, ..."

3. The Mechanical Engineer's Pocket-book: A Reference Book of Rules, Tables by William Kent (1895)
"... and to reboil, or purify, the condensed steam from which the ice is frozen. This fuel, together with that wasted in leakage and drip water, ..."

4. The Cultivated Oranges and Lemons, Etc. of India and Ceylon: With Researches by Emanuel Bonavia (1888)
"... taking care, however, to remove them everyday, and reboil the sugar to the pearling degree, and, when tepid repeat the former operation. ..."

5. The Cultivated Oranges and Lemons, Etc. of India and Ceylon: With Researches by Emanuel Bonavia (1888)
"On the eighth day, reboil the sugar as before, and simmer the peels in the hot sugar until, taking a little of the sugar and cooling it, ..."

6. Bonnes Bouches and Relishable Dishes for Breakfast and Luncheon by Louisa E. Smith (1893)
"Three days afterwards, drain the liquor from the cucumbers and reboil, again pour it into the jar over the cucumbers, and reboil it; do the same a third ..."

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