† bullitionn.
Obsolete.
The action of bubbling or boiling; ebullition.
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the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > [noun]
boilingc1384
fervence14..
bubblinga1500
burbling1528
bullitiona1626
ebullition1646
fermentationa1661
intumescence1661
effervescence1685
struggle1741
struggling1764
bubblement1842
bubble1870
creaming1888
hotter1923
a1626 F. Bacon Physiol. Remains in Baconiana (1679) 109 The Effects are..the Bullition; the Precipitation to the bottom.
1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋296. 219 Many things by their first bullition depone their pristine vertues.
1791 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. I i. 206 With sudden flash the fierce bullitions rise.
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