Overboil

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Overboil \O`ver*boil"\, v. i.
     To boil over or unduly.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Nor is discontent to keep the mind
           Deep in its fountain, lest it overboil


           In the hot throng.                       --Byron.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  overboil
       v 1: overflow or cause to overflow while boiling; "The milk is
            boiling over" [syn: {boil over}]
       2: boil excessively; "The peas are overboiled"