Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To bubble up; effervesce; ferment.
- To boil again.
- To cause to boil again; subject again to boiling.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb To boil, or to cause to boil, again.
- verb obsolete Fig.: To make or to become hot.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb
boil again
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Examples
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Grandma porter gets up kettle of boiled water and I reboil with our outfit and with cubes bought in Germany make Bullion.
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Of course if you are sometimes like me and get it wrong, strain through a fine strainer, pushing any lumps through and scrape the bottom of the strainer for this thick liquid, put back into the gravy and reboil.
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You may need to reboil to incorporate the new additions, then leave to simmer.
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Of course if you are sometimes like me and get it wrong, strain through a fine strainer, pushing any lumps through and scrape the bottom of the strainer for this thick liquid, put back into the gravy and reboil.
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You may need to reboil to incorporate the new additions, then leave to simmer.
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If you cover the kettle the water will quickly reboil.
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My mother would take a bone that had been boiled, and reboil it, and make corn dumplings out of it for us to eat.
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The next day remove the pork from the braising juices, keep half of the juice to reheat the pork , the remainder bring to the boil and reduce by half, add the double cream, reboil and simmer for 5 to 10 minutes, until a nice sauce consistency is achieved, season to taste and strain.
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Should you find the beef under-done, you may reboil it next day; putting it into boiling-water and letting it simmer for half an hour or more, according to its size.
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After the first time, you have only to boil and reboil the syrup; as it is not probable that it will require any further clarifying if carefully skimmed.
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