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He was at boiling-point. Very angry indeed. Properly the point of heat at which water, under ordinary conditions, boils. (212° Fahrenheit, 100° Centigrade, 80° Réaumur.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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