bullition

English

Etymology

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

Noun

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

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