Definition for PAR-BOIL

PAR-BOIL, v.t. [Fr. parbouillir. Bouillir is to boil, and in Arm. porbollen is a pustule or little push.]

  1. To boil in part; to boil in a moderate degree.
  2. To cause little vesicles on the skin by means of heat; as, parboiled wretches. – Donne.

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