Bible Dictionaries
Broil

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A tumult; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl; contention; discord, either between individuals or in the state.

(2):

(v. t.) To cook by direct exposure to heat over a fire, esp. upon a gridiron over coals.

(3):

(v. t.) To subject to great (commonly direct) heat.

(4):

(v. 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Broil'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/broil.html. 1828.