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Overboil

O`ver*boil"\, v. i. To boil over or unduly.

Nor is discontent to keep the mind Deep in its fountain, lest it overboil In the hot throng. --Byron.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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overboil

verb
1. overflow or cause to overflow while boiling; "The milk is boiling over" [syn: boil over
2. boil excessively; "The peas are overboiled" 
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