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To boil gently, or with a gentle hissing; to begin to boil.

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  1. v. i. To boil gently, or with a gentle hissing; to begin to boil.
  2. v. t. To cause to boil gently; to cook in liquid heated almost or just to the boiling point.
  3. n. temperature just below the boiling point
  4. v. boil slowly at low temperature
  5. To boil gently, or with a gentle hissing; to begin to boil. I simmer as liquor doth on the fire before it beginneth to boil. Palsgrave. To cause to boil gently; to cook in liquid heated almost or just to the boiling point.
  6. To boil gently, or with a gentle hissing; to begin to boil.I simmer as liquor doth on the fire before it beginneth to boil.Palsgrave.
  7. v:100 n. temperature just below the boiling point v. boil slowly at low temperature