broil
verb
[ brɔɪl ]
• cook (meat or fish) by exposure to direct heat.
• "he lightly broiled a wedge of sea bass"
Origin:
late Middle English (also in the sense ‘burn, char’): from Old French bruler ‘to burn’, of unknown origin.
broil
noun
• a quarrel or commotion.
• "the dark interior was a broil of fighting men"
Origin:
early 16th century: from obsolete broil ‘to muddle’. Compare with embroil.
