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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Broil \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Broil \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Broil \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
broil
n : cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire
or under a grill) [syn: {broiling}, {grilling}]
v 1: cook under a broiler; "broil fish" [syn: {oven broil}]
2: heat by a natural force; "The sun broils the valley in the
summer" [syn: {bake}]
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