Associations to the word «Boyle»

Wiktionary

BOYLE, proper noun. A surname​ of Irish origin.
BOYLE, proper noun. Robert Boyle, Irish natural philosopher.
BOYLE, verb. Obsolete spelling of boil

Dictionary definition

BOYLE, noun. United States writer (1902-1992).
BOYLE, noun. Irish chemist who established that air has weight and whose definitions of chemical elements and chemical reactions helped to dissociate chemistry from alchemy (1627-1691).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats