Definition of Parboils

1. Verb. (third-person singular of parboil) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Parboils

1. parboil [v] - See also: parboil

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parboils

paraxially
paraxis
paraxon
paraxylene
parazoan
parazoans
parazoon
parazygantral
parbake
parbaked
parbakes
parbaking
parboil
parboiled
parboiling
parboils (current term)
parbreak
parbreaks
parbuckle
parbuckled
parbuckles
parbuckling
parc fermé
parcase
parcel
parcel bomb
parcel bombs
parcel of land
parcel out
parcel post

Literary usage of Parboils

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Therapeutics of intermittent fever by Henry Clay Allen (1884)
"Easily excited sweat during sleep and motion (excited by motion only, Bry.—relieved by motion, Caps.). The sweat parboils the skin ..."

2. The Homoeopathic therapeutics of intermittent fever by Henry Clay Allen (1879)
"The sweat parboils the skin. ... parboils the fingere, Ant. c.). Tongue:—White or yellow; thick, ..."

3. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1889)
"I have noticed to a small extent that the sun parboils them when exposed to its direct rays, but a properly trained bush should be in such a position that ..."

4. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1813)
"... produces a fermentation which nearly parboils the herrings, and removes the coarse and raw flavour so often complained of. ..."

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