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Definitions for: Broil
[n] cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)
[v] cook under a broiler; "broil fish"
[v] heat by a natural force; "The sun broils the valley in the summer"
Webster (1913) Definition: Broil, n. [F. brouiller to disorder, from LL. brogilus,
broilus, brolium, thicket, wood, park; of uncertain origin;
cf. W. brog a swelling out, OHG. pr[=o]il marsh, G. br["u]hl,
MHG. brogen to rise. The meaning tumult, confusion, comes
apparently from tangled undergrowth, thicket, and this
possibly from the meaning to grow, rise, sprout.]
A tumult; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl;
contention; discord, either between individuals or in the
state.
I will own that there is a haughtiness and fierceness
in human nature which will which will cause innumerable
broils, place men in what situation you please.
--Burke.
Syn: Contention; fray; affray; tumult; altercation;
dissension; discord; contest; conflict; brawl; uproar.
Broil, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Broiled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Broiling.] [OE. broilen, OF. bruillir, fr. bruir to broil,
burn; of Ger. origin; cf. MHG. br["u]ejen, G. br["u]hen, to
scald, akin to E. brood.]
1. To cook by direct exposure to heat over a fire, esp. upon
a gridiron over coals.
2. To subject to great (commonly direct) heat.
Broil, v. i.
To be subjected to the action of heat, as meat over the fire;
to be greatly heated, or to be made uncomfortable with heat.
The planets and comets had been broiling in the sun.
--Cheyne.
Synonyms: bake, broiling, grilling, oven broil
See Also: cookery, cooking, grill, heat, heat up, pan-broil, preparation
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