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boil (2)
boil [ boyl ] (plural boils)


noun 
Definition:
 
pus-filled abscess on skin: a painful pus-filled abscess on the skin caused by bacterial infection of a hair follicle
[ Old English byl "inflammation" < W Germanic]
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