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boil-up n O Sup2 ~ , DC n 2 (1933). See BOIL: boil up. A
brew of tea, and sometimes a snack, taken during a rest from work in the country or on a
vessel; cp MUG UP.
1933 MERRICK 262 Some of the peas we save for
Kay to have first thing next evening, or at one of the boil-ups during the day. P 130-67
Boil-up is used to refer to meal-time in the woods. C 69-8 One has a boil-up [when]
berry-picking, hunting, fishing, etc—whenever one is out in the woods for any length
of time. The boil-up is for tea of course and there may or may not be food with it.
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