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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SEE'THING, ppr. Boiling; decoating.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: in constant agitation; "a seething flag-waving crowd filled the streets"; "a seething mass of maggots"; "lovers and madmen have such seething brains"- Shakespeare

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 14th century 1. intensely hot ; boiling <a seething inferno> 2. constantly moving or active ; agitated

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Seethe Seethe, v. t. [imp. Seethed(Sod, obs.); p. p. Seethed, Sodden; p. pr. & vb. n. Seething.] [OE. sethen, AS. se['o]?an; akin to D. sieden, OHG. siodan, G. sieden, Icel. sj??a, Sw. sjuda, Dan. syde, Goth. saubs a burnt offering. Cf. Sod, n., Sodden, Suds.] To decoct or prepare for food in hot liquid; to boil; as, to seethe flesh. [Written also seeth.] Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets. --2 Kings iv. 38.

Moby Thesaurus

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