broil, broiling, grilling
(noun) cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
grilling
present participle of grill
grilling (plural grillings)
(informal) A thorough interrogation.
The act or process of grilling, or broiling.
Source: Wiktionary
Grill, n. Etym: [F. gril. See Grill, v. t.]
1. A gridiron. [They] make grills of [wood] to broil their meat. Cotton.
2. That which is broiled on a gridiron, as meat, fish, etc.
Grill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Grilling.] Etym: [F. griller, fr. gril gridiron, OF. graĂŻl, L. craticulum for craticula fine hurdlework, a small gridiron, dim. of crates hurdle. See Grate, n.]
1. To broil on a grill or gridiron. Boiling of men in caldrons, grilling them on gridirons. Marvell.
2. To torment, as if by broiling. Dickens.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 May 2025
(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
