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Seething

Seethe \Seethe\, v. t. [imp. Seethed( Sod, obs.); p. p. Seethed, Sodden; p. pr. & vb. n. Seething.] [OE. sethen, AS. se['o]?an; akin to D. sieden, OHG. siodan, G. sieden, Icel. sj??a, Sw. sjuda, Dan. syde, Goth. saubs a burnt offering. Cf. Sod, n., Sodden, Suds.] To decoct or prepare for food in hot liquid; to boil; as, to seethe flesh. [Written also seeth.]

Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.
--2 Kings iv. 38.

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seething
  1. angry, livid. n. The action of the verb ''to seethe''. v

  2. (present participle of seethe English)

WordNet
seething

adj. in constant agitation; "a seething flag-waving crowd filled the streets"; "a seething mass of maggots"; "lovers and madmen have such seething brains"- Shakespeare

Wikipedia
Seething

Seething is a small village in Norfolk, England, about 9 miles south east of Norwich. It covers an area of and had a population of 341 in 141 households at the 2001 census, the population increasing to 365 at the 2011 Census.

Its church, St Margaret, is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk.

Seething Airfield, formerly RAF Seething, is located to the south of the village.

Usage examples of "seething".

What if, instead of the tapestry transporting the Seething Death, the Seething Death destroys the Transporting Tapestry?

But when the drop is tipped over the edge of the thimble, whether it's deliberately poured, or spilled, or whatever, the spell will be activated, and whatever it falls upon will be consumed by the Seething Death, which will then slowly spread, destroying everything it touches, until something stops it.

Then, as soon as she's dead, they'll lift her corpse, so the stuff won't get on anything else, and send Tabaea and the Seething Death through the tapestry.

Unchecked wizardry could do an amazing amount of damage, and there was no Black Dagger in the palace to blunt this Seething Death.

Tabaea might take the dagger back, she might kill Thurin and Teneria and Karanissa and Vengar, and she might let the Seething Death spread unchecked.

Sarai repeated, thinking of Tabaea roaming freely about the city, of the Seething Death spreading in the throne-room floor.

If Tobas had interpreted Telurinon's latest efforts correctly, the Guildmaster was currently attempting the Spell of Reversal, but Tobas did not expect that to work, either—and even if it did, it would only shrink the Seething Death back to where it had been perhaps an hour before.

The prospect of wizards endlessly working the Spell of Reversal to keep the Seething Death contained for the rest of time was not appealing.

He could see the fabric dissolving, the threads unraveling, where the Seething Death had touched it.

He looked up from the hanging and glared angrily at the Seething Death.

Tabaea recognized the speaker as the one who had reported on the Seething Death.

Then she could stop the Seething Death, renounce her abdication, and resume her rule.

Except Telurinon traded with him, to get the tapestry to the dead area—he wanted to send Tabaea there, or else the Seething Death after it killed her.

We had hoped to transport the Seething Death there, in fact, but it turned out to be impossible.

We never knew enough about the countercharm for the Seething Death, but this one…"