μώλυσις

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A imperfect boiling, parboiling, scalding, simmering, opp. ἕψησις, Arist.Mete.381a12, al.; ἀπεψία τις ἡ μ. ἐστι Id.GA776a8; of rapidly growing cereals, ὥσπερ τὰ ἐπὶ τὸ ζέον ἐμβαλλόμενα τῶν ἑψομένων, οὐδεμίαν . . οὐδὲ κἀκεῖνα λαμβάνει μ., i.e. they 'cook' too suddenly, without 'simmering', Thphr.CP4.9.6. (Written μώλυσις and μώλυνσις in some codd. of Arist.Mete.379a2,b14, 381a12,22; μόλυνσις in nearly all codd. of Id.Mete.381b14, GA l.c., Thphr. l.c.; cf. μωλύω.)