Crossword clues for parboil
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Parboil \Par"boil`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parboiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Parboiling.] [OE. parboilen, OF. parbouillir to cook well; par through (see Par) + bouillir to boil, L. bullire. The sense has been influenced by E. part. See 1st Boil.]
To boil or cook thoroughly. [Obs.]
--B. Jonson.To boil in part; to cook partially by boiling.
Hence: (Fig.) To do (something) only part way, or incompletely. Also used intransitively.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "to boil partially;" mid-15c., "to boil thoroughly," from Old French parboillir "to boil thoroughly," from Medieval Latin perbullire "to boil thoroughly," from Latin per "through, thoroughly" + bullire "to boil" (see boil (v.)). Main modern meaning "boil partially" is by mistaken association of the prefix with part. Related: Parboiled; parboiling.
Wiktionary
vb. To boil food briefly so that it is partly cooked.
WordNet
v. cook (vegetables) briefly; "Parboil the beans before freezing them" [syn: blanch]
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "parboil".
Clean the eels, cut into two-inch pieces, and parboil for eight minutes.
Skin and parboil, cut into two-inch pieces, and put into a baking-pan.
Wash a cupful of rice in several waters, drain and parboil for five minutes in salted water at a galloping boil.
Peel and slice three small cucumbers, parboil in salted water, drain, and fry in butter with a little sugar.
Cut into narrow strips, parboil for ten minutes, drain, cover with cold water, let stand for fifteen minutes, wipe dry, and broil.
Skin a large cut of sturgeon, parboil for fifteen minutes, drain, cover with a marinade of oil and vinegar, and let stand for an hour.
Skin a large cut of sturgeon, parboil for fifteen minutes, drain, and cool.
Skin a six-pound cut of sturgeon, soak in salted water for an hour, drain, and parboil in fresh water.
Drain, cover with boiling water, parboil for fifteen minutes, drain, and cool.
Clean, parboil, and trim the fish, wrap in buttered paper, bake, and serve with Fine Herb Sauce.
Laura put slices of salt pork in the frying pan to parboil, and Ma set the biscuits in the oven.
Angry enough to peel and parboil Anders, Ranett opened her mouth to bellow one more stinging question.
Even though their blasters could fire underwater, the heat from the plasma bolt would instantly turn the water into steam and vapor along its path, and in a confined space might parboil the man firing it.
If oysters are used, they should have been parboiled previously and drained, and, if large, cut in pieces.
Add also a quarter of a pound of beef marrow cut in small pieces and parboiled in salted water.