broil

broil
broil1
—broilingly, adv.
/broyl/, v.t.
1. to cook by direct heat, as on a gridiron over the heat or in an oven under the heat; grill: to broil a steak.
2. to scorch; make very hot.
v.i.
3. to be subjected to great heat; become broiled.
4. to burn with impatience, annoyance, etc.
n.
5. the act or state of broiling; state of being broiled.
6. something broiled, esp. meat: She ordered a beef broil and salad.
[1300-50; ME brulen, brolyn, broillen < AF bruill(i)er, broil(l)er, OF brusler, brul(l)er to burn (F brûler), a conflation of the verbs represented by OF bruir to burn ( < Frankish *brojan; cf. MHG brü(ej)en, G brühen to scald) and usler < L ustulare to scorch]
broil2
—broilingly, adv.
/broyl/, n.
1. an angry quarrel or struggle; disturbance; tumult: a violent broil over who was at fault.
v.i.
2. to quarrel; brawl.
[1400-50; late ME broylen to present in disorder, quarrel < AF, OF broiller to jumble together < Gallo-Rom *brodiculare, equiv. to *brod- ( < Gmc; see BROTH, BREWIS) + LL -iculare v. suffix]

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