† buˈllition Obs.
[as if ad. L. *bullītiōn-em, n. of action f. bullīre to boil.]
The action of bubbling or boiling; ebullition.
| c 1620 Bacon Physiol. Rem. Wks. 1857 III. 809 The effects are..the bullition..the precipitation to the bottom. 1651 Biggs New Disp. ¶296. 219 Many things by their first bullition depone their pristine vertues. 1791 E. Darwin Bot. Gard. i. 206 With sudden flash the fierce bullitions rise. |