Hypertext Webster Gateway: "simmer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Simmer \Sim"mer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Simmered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Simmering}.] [Prov. E. also simper; -- an onomatopoetic
word.]
To boil gently, or with a gentle hissing; to begin to boil.
I simmer as liquor doth on the fire before it beginneth
to boil. --Palsgrave.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Simmer \Sim"mer\, v. t.
To cause to boil gently; to cook in liquid heated almost or
just to the boiling point.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
simmer
n : temperature just below the boiling point: "the stew remained
at a simmer for hours"
v : boil slowly at low temperature; "simmer the sauce";
"simmering water"
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