grill



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:


Grill \Grill\, n. [F. gril. See Grill, v. t.]
   1. A gridiron.
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            [They] make grills of [wood] to broil their meat.
                                                  --Cotton.
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   2. That which is broiled on a gridiron, as meat, fish, etc.
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   3. A figure of crossed bars with interstices, such as those
      sometimes impressed upon postage stamps.
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   4. A grillroom.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:


Grill \Grill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grilled; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Grilling.] [F. griller, fr. gril gridiron, OF. gra["i]l, L.
   craticulum for craticula fine hurdlework, a small gridiron,
   dim. of crates hurdle. See Grate, n.]
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   1. To broil on a grill or gridiron.
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            Boiling of men in caldrons, grilling them on
            gridirons.                            --Marvell.

   2. To torment, as if by broiling. --Dickens.
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   3. To stamp or mark with a grill.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:


Grill \Grill\, v. i.
   To undergo the process of being grilled, or broiled; to
   broil.

         He had grilled in the heat, sweated in the rains.
                                                  --Kipling.
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