bubbling

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Balanga ampong nasi My black horseman rides three horses but he is crying like a fool A pot of cooking rice The three horses are the firestones or the three supports of the pot in the pottery stove; the bubbling is the crying Time 353 Ania nga aldao ti caatid-dagan Iloc.)

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  1. Emitting or exhibiting bubbles; giving out a sound such as is caused by bubbles; gurgling. The bubbling cry Of some strong swimmer in his agony. Byron, Don Juan, ii. 53.

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  • Or after several more months of patient bubbling, the heat would dissipate, the artificial magma allowed to cool until this carefully regulated hazard was past. —  Asimov'sSF,September2007
  • It draws energy away from the large-scale conflicts that are bubbling, and weakens the central government. —  InterzoneScienceFictionandFantasyMagazine#212
  • The paint blistered on the walls, bubbling, and I smelled more smoke. —  Lilith Saintcrow - [Dante Valentine 2] - Dead Man Rising
  • The hull peeled away, bubbling, as the beam penetrated through and through. —  Eric Nylund - HALO 4 - Ghosts of Onyx (v1.0)
  • That is why I reduce on a step by step when prices are bubbling, and accumulate on a step by step when prices are bursting! —  Home
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bubbling:   bubble ·  bubbles ·  bubbled
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