Brewer's: Boiling-point

He was at boiling-point. Very angry indeed. Properly the point of heat at which water, under ordinary conditions, boils. (212 Fabrenheit, 100 Centigrade, 80 Réamur.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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