n. Potter's clay. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Dressed or cooked by boiling; subjected to the action of a boiling liquid; as, boiled meat; a boiled dinner; boiled clothes. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. expressing the essence; condensed; summarized. the final boiled-down crux of the matter
Syn. -- boiled down. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One who boils. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A vessel in which any thing is boiled. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The word boiler is a generic term covering a great variety of kettles, saucepans, clothes boilers, evaporators, coppers, retorts, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mech.) A strong metallic vessel, usually of wrought iron plates riveted together, or a composite structure variously formed, in which steam is generated for driving engines, or for heating, cooking, or other purposes. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The earliest steam boilers were usually spheres or sections of spheres, heated wholly from the outside. Watt used the wagon boiler (shaped like the top of a covered wagon) which is still used with low pressures. Most of the boilers in present use may be classified as plain cylinder boilers, flue boilers, sectional and tubular boilers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Barrel of a boiler, the cylindrical part containing the flues. --
Boiler plate,
Boiler iron, plate or rolled iron of about a quarter to a half inch in thickness, used for making boilers and tanks, for covering ships, etc. --
Cylinder boiler, one which consists of a single iron cylinder. --
Flue boilers are usually single shells containing a small number of large flues, through which the heat either passes from the fire or returns to the chimney, and sometimes containing a fire box inclosed by water. --
Locomotive boiler, a boiler which contains an inclosed fire box and a large number of small flues leading to the chimney. --
Multiflue boiler. Same as Tubular boiler, below. --
Sectional boiler, a boiler composed of a number of sections, which are usually of small capacity and similar to, and connected with, each other. By multiplication of the sections a boiler of any desired capacity can be built up. --
Tubular boiler, a boiler containing tubes which form flues, and are surrounded by the water contained in the boiler. See Illust. of Steam boiler, under Steam. --
Tubulous boiler. See under Tubulous. See Tube, n., 6, and 1st Flue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A sunken reef; esp., a coral reef on which the sea breaks heavily. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a loose protective smock worn over ordinary clothing for dirty work. [ British ]
Syn. -- overall, boilers suit. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. bouillerie. ] A place and apparatus for boiling, as for evaporating brine in salt making. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. cooked by direct exposure to radiant heat. baked fried bolied
Syn. -- grilled. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who excites broils; one who engages in or promotes noisy quarrels. [ 1913 Webster ]

What doth he but turn broiler, . . . make new libels against the church? Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who broils, or cooks by broiling. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A gridiron or other utensil used in broiling, or the compartment in a stove where such a utensil is located. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A chicken or other bird fit for broiling. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. curled or wound especially in concentric rings or spirals; as, a coiled snake ready to strike; the rope lay coiled on the deck. Opposite of uncoiled. [ Narrower terms: coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled; convolute rolled longitudinally upon itself;curled, curled up; involute closely coiled so that the axis is obscured); looped, whorled; twined, twisted; convoluted; involute, rolled esp of petals or leaves in bud: having margins rolled inward); wound ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence.
Syn. -- pillaged, raped, ravaged, sacked. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who despoils. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who embroils. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ OF. ] (Her.) A six-pointed star whose rays are wavy, instead of straight like those of a mullet. [ Written also étoile. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Estoile of eight points, a star which has four straight and four wavy rays. --
Estoile of four points. Same as Cross estoilé, under Cross. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] (Her.) See Estoile. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A variety of water-tube boiler, used chiefly in steam automobiles, consisting of a nest of strong tubes with very little water space, kept nearly red hot so that the water as it trickles drop by drop into the tubes is immediately flashed into steam and superheated. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. One who foils or frustrates. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. not given to sentimentality or gentleness; -- of people; as, a hard-bitten character.
Syn. -- pugnacious, tough. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

adj. 1. same as hard-bitten.
Syn. -- hard-bitten, pugnacious. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. emotionally hardened; -- used of persons.
Syn. -- callous, case-hardened, hardened. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. cooked until the yolk is solid; -- used of eggs; as, a breakfast of pancakes and hard-boiled eggs. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

pos>n. A steam boiler having two flues which contain the furnaces and extend through the boiler from end to end. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. mule a slipper. ] A kind of high shoe anciently worn. [ Written also moyle. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of North American deer.
Syn. -- genus Odocoileus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Covered or treated with oil; dressed with, or soaked in, oil. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Drunk; inebriated. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

Oiled silk, silk rendered waterproof by saturation with boiled oil. --
well oiled, (a) operating smoothly and efficiently. (b) very drink. [ slang ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. 1. One who deals in oils. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who, or that which, oils. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An oil tanker. [ PJC ]

4. A ship which is powered by oil. [ PJC ]

5. An oilcan. [ PJC ]

n. [ Cf. F. huilerie. ] The business, the place of business, or the goods, of a maker of, or dealer in, oils. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A term applied derisively to any literary or artistic work, and esp. a painting, done simply for money and the means of living. [ Cant ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, recoils. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who spoils; a plunderer; a pillager; a robber; a despoiler. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who corrupts, mars, or renders useless. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Aeronautics) A device attached to the wing of an airplane or other airfoil, which breaks the smooth flow of air during flight and decreases the lift of the airfoil; -- used to control the attitude of the airplane during banking or descent. [ PJC ]

4. A device attached to a car to decrease lift and increase traction, usually shaped as a flat surface and attached above the rear of the car, and working on the same principal as the aircraft spoiler{ 3 }. [ PJC ]

n. One who toils, or labors painfully. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. toilette, dim. of toile cloth. See Toil a net. ] 1. A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a table in a chamber or a dressing room. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A dressing table. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Act or mode of dressing, or that which is arranged in dressing; attire; dress; as, her toilet is perfect. [ Written also toilette. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Toilet glass, a looking-glass for a toilet table or for a dressing room. --
Toilet service,
Toilet set, earthenware, glass, and other utensils for a dressing room. --
Toilet table, a dressing table; a toilet. See def. 2 above. --
To snake one's toilet, to dress one's self; especially, to dress one's self carefully. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] See Toilet, 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Her.) Same as Tréflé. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the characteristic of Zoilus, a bitter, envious, unjust critic, who lived about 270 years before Christ. [ 1913 Webster ]