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seething |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Seethe \Seethe\, v. t. [imp. {Seethed}({Sod}, obs.); p. p. {Seethed}, {Sodden}; p. pr & vb n. {Seething}.] [OE. sethen, AS se['o]?an; akin to D. sieden, OHG. siodan, G. sieden, Icel. sj??a, Sw sjuda, Dan. syde, Goth. saubs a burnt offering. Cf {Sod}, n., {Sodden}, {Suds}.] To decoct or prepare for food in hot liquid; to boil; as to seethe flesh. [Written also {seeth}.] Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets. --2 Kings iv 38. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: seething adj : in constant agitation; "a seething flag-waving crowd filled the streets"; "a seething mass of maggots"; "lovers and madmen have such seething brains"- Shakespeare
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