bullition

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin bullire, bullitum (to boil). See boil (verb) and ebullition.

Noun

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bullition (plural bullitions)

  1. (obsolete) The action of boiling.
    • a. 1626, Francis Bacon, Articles of Questions touching Mi∣nerals:
      There is to be observed in those dissolutions which will not easily incorporate, what the effects are : as the bullition ; the precipitation to the bottom; the ejaculation towards the top []

References

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bullition”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.