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boil-up

• 1 n. a stretch of seething water, as in a rapids or below a waterfall.

  See also: boiler  

  • 1912  We got a bit wet in the boil-up below, but scarcely noticed it in our preoccupation with the whirlpools that were to follow.

• 2 n. a stop for tea and a rest on the trail.

  • 1933  Some of the peas we save for Kay to have first thing next evening, or at one of the boil-ups during the day.