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It was so dry that the brackish, chlorinated, half-boiling water tasted like something from a mineral spring.

From Time Magazine Archive

Wading into the mud and water now half-boiling under a torrid sun, they slash at every fish that by his hurried dash makes known his presence.

From The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir by Garvan, John M.

Me findee gole?” cried Quong, looking up from the half-boiling kettle, and hastily-made cakes which he had thrust in the embers to bake.

From To The West by Fenn, George Manville

The brazier had been knocked over by a huge clod, half-boiling water was spilt, and, worst of all, the precious dry wood had fallen in the mud and water of the trench bottom.

From Between the Lines by Cable, Boyd

Without a moment's thought, he dashed into the cupboard; tripped over the leather box, so that some of the half-boiling water was spilled from the spout of the kettle, and then closed the door.

From Submarine U93 by Gilson, Charles