Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or process of making water boil by putting hot stones in it.
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The boiling could have been done in pots or in pitch-sealed baskets using stone-boiling techniques: hot rocks placed in the basket to heat the water.
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The boiling could have been done in pots or in pitch-sealed baskets using stone-boiling techniques: hot rocks placed in the basket to heat the water.
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