The phrase "a few boils" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a small number of raised, inflamed areas on the skin, often due to infection or irritation.
Example: "After spending the day in the sun, I noticed that I had developed a few boils on my skin."
Alternatives: "several bumps" or "a couple of lesions".
We've also worked with a few boiled wools for the first time".
As the months went by, the city plant tinkered with treatment and issued a few boil-water advisories.
Ms. Issaq stars as the title character, Fadwa Faranesh, an expert home cook dealing with a few boiling family dramas in addition to the challenge of catering her sister's wedding while under virtual house arrest.
The mixture was gently heated on a hot plate after a few boiling chips had been added and evaporated to about 20 mL.
After drying of the samples, a few boiling stones (see section on preparation of STRIP reagent) are added to the sample flask and the distillation apparatus is assembled, cooling water and N2 gas flow started.
If you want to confirm that some objects are truly impenetrable -- peel a few boiled walnuts, and before long you will find your proof.
To wit: his take on Chrome OS which, in a few paragraphs, boils down the entire argument to "We don't know enough yet to decide but things look interesting, although it seems like it might be a certain form of vaporware".
The combined pieces, even after a few hours boiling, defied my electric mixer and I had to rush out to get a sturdy cast-iron hand meat grinder, while in the oven the two pounds of oatmeal gently toasted.
In Vial's all-night vigil, Colette is saved from his "vampiric" demands by her strong grip on the material world: "in a few moments boiling milk, black coffee, and the butter lying at the bottom of the well would fulfil their healing office".
