Hypertext Webster Gateway: "grilled"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.]
1. To broil on a grill or gridiron. [1913 Webster]

Boiling of men in caldrons, grilling them on
gridirons. --Marvell.

2. To torment, as if by broiling. --Dickens.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

grilled
adj 1: cooked by radiant heat (as over a grill) [syn: {broiled}]
2: cooked over an outdoor grill [syn: {barbecued}]


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