| 单词 | to boil a wallop |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto boil (seethe) a wallop a. The series of noisy bubbling motions made by water, etc. rapidly boiling, or approaching boiling point. Usually in †to boil (seethe) a wallop, a full wallop: to boil with a rapid noisy bubbling, to ‘gallop’. Obsolete. Cf. walm n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > undergo cooking [verb (intransitive)] > undergo boiling well?a1200 to boil (seethe) a wallop1567 to boil (or seethe, trans. or intr.), to have, so many wallops1577 wallop1579 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > action of boiling > boil [verb (intransitive)] > with bubbling or agitation playa1400 to boil (seethe) a wallop1567 wallop1579 tottle1717 corroboree1881 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) vii. f. 84 The medcine seething all the while a wallop in a pan Of brasse, to spirt and leape a loft and gather froth began. 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxxix. 230 Put a glasse full of white wine to them, and let them boyle therein, a whalme or a wallop in a pewter pot. 1591 A. W. Bk. Cookrye (rev. ed.) 17 When it seetheth a full wallop, put in your Shrimpes faire washed. < as lemmas |
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