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Definition of Emboil
1. v. i. To boil with anger; to effervesce.
2. v. t. To cause to boil with anger; to irritate; to chafe.
Definition of Emboil
1. Verb. (obsolete) To cause to boil with anger; to irritate; to chafe. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Emboil
1. to burn with anger [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Emboil
Literary usage of Emboil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical treatise on the diseases of women by Theodore Gaillard Thomas (1875)
"XLVII. uterine Tumors. XLVIII. Polypus Uteri. XLIX. Polypus Uteri (continued).
L. Cancer. LI. Diseases of Vagina. LI I. Diseases of the Vulva. emboil ..."
2. Memoirs of C.M. Talleyrand de Périgord: Containing the Particulars of His by Stewarton, Lewis Goldsmith (1895)
"... either among the aristocrats or among the terrorists, with no other views than
to emboil him with his benefactor, ..."
3. Nouveaux lundis by Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1867)
"Quand elle parle d'un tapis de vert uniforme « où s'emboil la lumière, » des
profondeurs d'un vert intense « où s'em- boit le soleil, » c'est-à-dire où il ..."
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