Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Seethe"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Seethe
to boil (Ex. 16:23).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Seethe \Seethe\, v. t. [imp. {Seethed}({Sod}, obs.); p. p.
{Seethed}, {Sodden}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Seething}.] [OE.
sethen, AS. se['o]?an; akin to D. sieden, OHG. siodan, G.
sieden, Icel. sj??a, Sw. sjuda, Dan. syde, Goth. saubs a
burnt offering. Cf. {Sod}, n., {Sodden}, {Suds}.]
To decoct or prepare for food in hot liquid; to boil; as, to
seethe flesh. [Written also {seeth}.]
Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons
of the prophets. --2 Kings iv.
38.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Seethe \Seethe\, v. i.
To be a state of ebullition or violent commotion; to be hot;
to boil. --1 Sam. ii. 13.
A long Pointe, round which the Mississippi used to
whirl, and seethe, and foam. --G. W. Cable.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
seethe
v 1: be noisy with activity; "This office is buzzing with
activity" [syn: {hum}, {buzz}]
2: have violent emotions, such as anger or frustration [syn: {boil}]
3: be in an agitated emotional state
4: foam as if boiling; "a seething liquid" [syn: {foam}]
5: boil vigorously; "The liquid was seething" [syn: {roll}]
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