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hard-boil

[hahrd-boil]
–verb (used with object)
to boil (an egg) until the yolk and white have become firm or solid.

Origin:
1890–95
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hard-boil   (härd'boil')
tr.v.   hard-boiled, hard-boil·ing, hard-boils
To boil (an egg) in the shell to a solid consistency.

[Back-formation from hard-boiled.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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