Wher' it rains nigh six months o' the year, an' parboils you the rest.
"The Son of his Father"
Ridgwell Cullum
She takes a finger nail in hand and she files it and she trims it and she softens it with hot water and hardens it with chemicals and parboils it a little while and then she cuts off the hang nails-if there aren't any hang nails there already she'll make a few-and she shears away enough extra cuticle to cover quite a good-sized little boy.
"Cobb's Anatomy"
Irvin S. Cobb
The little cook, after washing and peeling her potatoes, next cuts them in thin slices, enough to fill the dish needed and parboils in salted water for ten minutes.
"Cookery for Little Girls"
Olive Hyde Foster