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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Parboiled

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Parboiling

[OE.

parboilen

, OF.

parbouillir

to cook well;

par

through (see

) +

bouillir

to boil, L.

bullire

. The sense has been influenced by E.

part

. See 1st

To boil or cook thoroughly.

[Obs.]

B. Jonson.

To boil in part; to cook partially by boiling.

, v.t.

To boil in part; to boil in a moderate degree.

To cause little pustules or pushes on the skin by means of heat; as parboiled wretches.