I. ˈbȯi(-ə)-liŋ adjective
Date: 14th century
1.
a. : heated to the boiling point
b. : torrid
a boiling sun
2. : intensely agitated
a boiling sea
boiling with anger
II. adverb
Date: 1607
: to an extreme degree : very
boiling mad
boiling hot
I. ˈbȯi(-ə)-liŋ adjective
Date: 14th century
1.
a. : heated to the boiling point
b. : torrid
a boiling sun
2. : intensely agitated
a boiling sea
boiling with anger
II. adverb
Date: 1607
: to an extreme degree : very
boiling mad
boiling hot
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary. Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster. 2003