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Example sentences for "scalding water"

  • Blanch, in scalding water, a pound and a half of bitter almonds, and pound them in a mortar, till they are broken very small.

  • Blanch, in scalding water, two ounces of bitter almonds.

  • Blanch them in scalding water, throwing them as you proceed into a bowl of cold water.

  • Blanch them in scalding water, and then throw them into a bowl of cold water.

  • Blanch, in scalding water, three small ounces of shelled bitter almonds, and then lay them in a bowl of very cold water.

  • But for him who shall be of those who treat the prophets as deceivers, And of the erring, His entertainment shall be of scalding water, And the broiling of hell-fire.

  • Verily the tree of Ez-Zakkoum9 Shall be the sinner's10 food: Like dregs of oil shall it boil up in their bellies, Like the boiling of scalding water.

  • Amid pestilential10 winds and in scalding water, And in the shadow of a black smoke, Not cool, and horrid to behold.

  • Quarter the quinces, or cut them into round slices an inch thick, and lay them in scalding water (closely covered) for an hour, or till they are tender.

  • Lay the lemon-rind in scalding water, to extract the bitterness.

  • Prepare some fine ripe oranges, paring off the yellow rind very thin, and cutting it into slips, and then laying it in scalding water to extract the bitterness.

  • Dip a piece of flannel in scalding water; wring it out, and sprinkle some turpentine immediately over it, and apply it quickly to the part affected by the pain.

  • Good corks are highly necessary, and if soaked before used in scalding water, they will be more the pliant and serviceable; and by laying the bottles so that the liquor may always keep the cork wet and swelled, will much preserve it.

  • Flowers beginning to fade, can be restored by putting the stems in scalding water.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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