broil

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broil1

▶verb N. Amer.

• 1 cook (meat or fish) by exposure to direct heat.

• 2 become very hot, especially from the sun.

– origin ME: from OFr. bruler ‘to burn’, of unknown origin.

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broil2

▶noun archaic a quarrel or a commotion.

– origin C16: from obs. broil ‘to muddle’; cf. embroil.