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Webster 1913 Edition

Simmer

Sim′mer

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Simmered
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Simmering
.]
[Prov. E. also
simper
; – an onomatopoetic word.]
To boil gently, or with a gentle hissing; to begin to boil.
I
simmer
as liquor doth on the fire before it beginneth to boil.
Palsgrave.

Sim′mer

,
Verb.
T.
To cause to boil gently; to cook in liquid heated almost or just to the boiling point.

Webster 1828 Edition

Simmer

SIM'MER

,
Verb.
I.
[ Gr. zumhm, zumow, to ferment.] To boil gently, or with a gentle hissing. Simmering is incipient ebullition, when little bubbles are formed on the edge of the liquor, next to the vessel. These are occasioned by the escape of heat and vapor.

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