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Webster 1913 Edition

Broil

Broil

,
Noun.
[F.
brouiller
to disorder, from LL.
brogilus
,
broilus
,
brolium
, thicket, wood, park; of uncertain origin; cf. W.
brog
a swelling out, OHG.
prōil
marsh, G.
brühl
, 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

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Broiled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Broiling
.]
[OE.
broilen
, OF.
bruillir
, fr.
bruir
to broil, burn; of Ger. origin; cf. MHG.
brüejen
, G.
brühen
, 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

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Broil

BROIL

,
Noun.
A tumult; a noisy quarrel; contention; discord,either between individuals or in the state.

BROIL

,
Verb.
T.
To agitate with heat; to dress or cook over coals, before the fire; but more generally upon a gridiron over coals.

BROIL

,
Verb.
I.
To be subjected to the action of heat, like meat over the fire; to be greatly heated or to sweat with heat.
Where have you been broiling?

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