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Grill   /grɪl/   Listen
noun
Grill  n.  
1.
A gridiron. "(They) make grills of (wood) to broil their meat."
2.
That which is broiled on a gridiron, as meat, fish, etc.
3.
A figure of crossed bars with interstices, such as those sometimes impressed upon postage stamps.
4.
A grillroom.


verb
Grill  v. t.  (past & past part. grilled; pres. part. grilling)  
1.
To broil on a grill or gridiron. "Boiling of men in caldrons, grilling them on gridirons."
2.
To torment, as if by broiling.
3.
To stamp or mark with a 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."





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"Grill" Quotes from Famous Books



... grill an angry shake. (Santiago had considerately retired.) "Come out," he said peremptorily, "or ...
— Rezanov • Gertrude Atherton
... might want to grill him to-night. But perhaps I would better wait till I get a little more to go on." He paused for a moment's thought. "Yes; I'll wait," he said, finally. "I don't want to ...
— The Mystery Of The Boule Cabinet - A Detective Story • Burton Egbert Stevenson
... and then thru the basement, from which he heard strains of music. Here was another vast room, got up in mystic oriental fashion, with electric lights hidden in bunches of imitation flowers on each table. This room was called the "grill," and part of it was bare for dancing, and on a little platform sat a band ...
— 100%: The Story of a Patriot • Upton Sinclair
... "the beef can remain cold on the sideboard, also the tongue. The chicken you will grill for one hot dish, and do not forget to garnish with rolls of bacon. The pudding you can cut into slices, fry, and sprinkle with a little sifted sugar. Mind, I say a little; for, as the pudding is sweet enough already, the sugar is merely an ornament to make ...
— The Beth Book - Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius • Sarah Grand
... figure. Night fell, the canoe was brought to shore, and the Indians as usual lifted out the wounded men and laid them on beds of moss strewn with pine-boughs and cedar. While Menehwehna lit the camp-fire, Muskingon prepared John's salmon for supper, and began to grill it deftly as soon as the smoke died down on ...
— Fort Amity • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch


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