bouoilli

From Old French boillir, from Latin bulliō (“I bubble, boil”), from bulla (“bubble”).

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bouoilli

1. (Jersey) to boil
   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎, page 517:

     Il est niais coume Dadais qui tâte l'iaue pour vée s'a bouit.

     He is as stupid as Dadais who puts his hand into the water to see if it is boiling.

• g'ler (“to freeze”)

• bouoilli par dessus (“to boil over”)

• parbouoilli (“to parboil”)