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boil-up|ˈbɔɪlʌp|
[f. boil n.2 + up adv.1]
a. = boil n.2 1; the act of boiling or washing clothes, (Canad. and N.Z.) making tea, etc. Also attrib.
1728E. Smith Compleat Housewife (ed. 2) 24 Strain out some of the liquor..give it a boil up. 1861Mrs. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. 103 Mix with it the cream and milk. Give one boil up, at the same time adding the tails. 1933E. Merrick True North 262 Some of the peas we save for..one of the boil-ups during the day. 1934Detective Fiction Weekly 21 Apr. 108/2 The boil-up can is generally an oil can with the top removed. 1938J. Robertson With Cameliers in Palestine xiii. 113 No opportunity was lost of having a ‘boil up’. 1949Here & Now (N.Z.) Oct. 17/3 Once a week or once a fortnight there's a copper boil-up. 1958Tararua XII. 26 The billy brings to our mind the inevitable boil-up, the boiling of the billy for a cup of tea.
b. transf. and fig.
1871L. W. M. Lockhart Fair to See (1872) III. xxxiii. 85 Americans, filled with envious admiration by the costliness of the spectacle, were reminded of the superior though somewhat similar ‘boil-up’ of Mrs Thaddeus G. Cass of Boston, U.S. 1941Baker Dict. Austral. Slang 11 Boil-up, a row or argument. 1963Listener 14 Mar. 477/3 The girl..swings into a symphonic boil-up of a popular number. |