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parboiled


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Parboil  \Par"boil`\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Parboiled};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Parboiling}.]  [OE.  parboilen,  OF  parbouillir  to  cook 
  well  par  through  (see  {Par})  +  bouillir  to  boil,  L.  bullire 
  The  sense  has  been  influenced  by  E.  part  See  lst  {Boil}.] 
  1.  To  boil  or  cook  thoroughly.  [Obs.]  --B.  Jonson 
 
  2.  To  boil  in  part  to  cook  partially  by  boiling. 




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