Hypertext Webster Gateway: "simmering"

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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

simmering
n : cooking in a boiling liquid [syn: {boiling}, {stewing}]


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