broil 1
— 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 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 ( brojan; cf. MHG brü ( ej ) en, G brühen to scald) and usler ustulare to scorch ]
broil 2
— 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 broiller to jumble together brodiculare, equiv. to * brod- ( -iculare v. suffix ]