broiled

Verb (1)

broil (third-person singular simple present broils, present participle broiling, simple past and past participle broiled)

1. (Canada, US, obsolete, transitive) To cook by direct, radiant heat.
   • To broil a pigeon. When you broil them, do them in the same manner, and take care your fire is very clear, and set your gridiron high, that they may not burn, and have a little parsley and butter in a cup. You may split them, and broil them with a little pepper and salt, and you may roast them only...1788, Hannah Glasse, The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy: Which Far Exceeds Any Thing of the Kind Yet Published, page 6

   Synonyms:

   grill

2. (Canada, US, transitive) To expose to great heat.
3. (Canada, US, intransitive) To be exposed to great heat.

Verb (2)

broil (third-person singular simple present broils, present participle broiling, simple past and past participle broiled)

1. (transitive) To cause a rowdy disturbance; embroil.
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To brawl.

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