Grill
Grill , noun
[French gril. See Grill, transitive verb]
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.
Grill , transitive verb
[French griller, from gril gridiron, Old French grail, Latin 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.
2.
To torment, as if by broiling. — Dickens
3.
To stamp or mark with a grill.
Grill , intransitive verb
To undergo the process of being grilled, or broiled; to broil.
He had grilled in the heat, sweated in the rains.