▪ I. † reboil, n. Obs.—1
[f. next.]
Wine which has fermented a second time.
| c 1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 115 The reboyle to Rakke to þe lies of þe rose þat shalle be his amendynge. |
▪ II. † reˈboil, v.1 Obs.
Forms: 5 reboille, 5–7 -boyle, 6–7 -boile.
[a. OF. rebouillir (13th c. in Littré):—L. rebullī-re to bubble up: see boil v. and ebullition.]
1. intr. Of wine: To ferment a second time.
| 1444 Rolls of Parlt. V. 114/1 Neither Clusters of Grapes, ne hole Grapes..yat myght cause yat Wyne after that to reboille or myscare. c 1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 110 Take good hede to þe wynes..þat þey not reboyle nor lete. 1594 Plat Jewell-ho. iii. 63 If anie sweete Wines happen to reboile in the hot part of the Summer. 1601 Holland Pliny I. 417 New wine..must be suffered to work: and afterwards to reboile and work againe..the Summer following. |
2. intr. To boil up or over (in fig. uses).
| 1477 Sir J. Paston in P. Lett. III. 174 It semythe that the worlde is alle qwaveryng; it will reboyle somwher. 1531 Elyot Gov. ii. vii, Some of his companyons therat re⁓boyleth, infamynge hym to be a man without charitie. 1556 T. Phaer æneid iv. L iij b, Fixed vnderneth her brest her wound reboyleth fast. 1601 F. Godwin Bps. of Eng. 501 The auncient hatred he bore vnto the king..now reboiled in his stomacke. |
b. trans. To cause to boil up (fig.).
| a 1529 Skelton Replyc. Wks. 1843 I. 209 These demy diuines..feruently reboyled with the infatuate flames of their rechelesse youthe. |
Hence † reboiled ppl. a.; † reboiling vbl. n.
| 1432 Rolls of Parlt. IV. 405/2 After thei have lyen a little while, thanne for reboylyng..because of the saide falsnesse they wer all noght. a 1483 Liber Niger in Househ. Ord. (1790) 73 If any wynes be corrupted, reboyled, or unwholsome for mannys body. 1513 W. de Worde Bk. Keruynge in Babees Bk. 267 Drawe the reboyled wyne to y⊇ lyes, & it shal helpe it. 1598 Florio, Ribollimento, a reboyling, a heating, or skalding. |
▪ III. reboil, v.2
(riːˈbɔɪl)
[re- 5 a.]
trans. To boil again (lit. and fig.). Hence reˈboiling vbl. n.
| 1615 Crooke Body of Man 267 [The vein] powreth the blood into the right ventricle.., there it is reboyled and attenuated. 1628 tr. Mathieu's Powerfull Favorite 120 Tiberius hauing boyled and reboyled his project in his heart. 1806 A. Hunter Culina (ed. 3) 247 Let them [eggs] be re⁓boiled for the same space of time as at first. 1875 I. L. Bird Sandwich Isl. (1880) 76 This reboiling of the drainings is repeated two or three times. |