Boyle

[ boil ]

/ bɔɪl /

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Kay, 1903–1993, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and poet.

Robert, 1627–91, English chemist and physicist.

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So I begin polishing, Boyle begins to make preliminary drawings, and things are buzzing.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Boyle and I help him back to his desk, where he sits numbly, beyond the help of those who would help him.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And he tells Bob Boyle to start making sketches for the more elaborate sequences.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Federal officials spent Wednesday arresting members of the Boyle Heights-based street gang which has strong ties to La Eme.
The Mexican Mafia Is the Daddy of All Street Gangs|Seth Ferranti|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Just Boyle taking a bullet in the butt, which is funny and serious.
Imagine Andy Samberg as Your Best Man|Kevin Fallon|September 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
According to Boyle, a non-luminous and non-reflecting asteroid has crashed into the earth's gravitational field.
Astounding Stories, May, 1931|Various
Among the children were the famous Orrery, and the yet more famous Robert Boyle.
Ireland Under the Tudors, Vol. II (of 3)|Richard Bagwell
With the aid of Boyle's and Gay-Lussac's laws, this observed volume is then reduced to standard conditions.
The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis, vol. 1, parts 1 and 2.|Julius Stieglitz
The mantle slipped from Miss Boyle's shoulders, showing her pale, shining dress, and the tender curve of her chin and throat.
The Rake's Progress|Marjorie Bowen
Against his own conviction he believed the Earl was indifferent—to Miss Boyle, to everything; but he could not remain content.
The Rake's Progress|Marjorie Bowen

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Boyle

/ (bɔɪl) /

noun

Robert . 1627–91, Irish scientist who helped to dissociate chemistry from alchemy. He established that air has weight and studied the behaviour of gases; author of The Sceptical Chymist (1661)

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Boyle

[ boil ]

Robert 1627-1691

English physicist and chemist who is regarded as a founder of modern chemistry. Boyle rejected the traditional theory that all matter was composed of four elements and defined an element as a substance that cannot be reduced to other, simpler substances or produced by combining simpler substances. Boyle also conducted important physics experiments with Robert Hooke that led to the development of Boyle's law.

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