bouoilli

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Etymology

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.

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