2 entries under this word

Grill

Grĭll, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. GRILLED; p. pr. & vb. n. GRILLING.] [Fr. griller, from gril, gridiron, grille, grate, O. Fr. grall, L. Lat. graticula, Lat. craticula, fine hurdle-work, a small gridiron, diminutive of crates, hurdle.]

Sense 1. To broil on a grate or gridiron.

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

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

Grill, a.

adjective

a. [O. Eng. grille, stern, cruel, severe, Ger. grell, offending the ear or eye, shrill, dazzling, M. H. Ger. grel, angry, from grellen, to cry angrily, A-S. grellan, grillan, grildan, to provoke, Icel. grilla, to see dimly, Ger. groll, grudge, rancor.] Characterized by fierceness or harshness; severe. [Obs.] Chaucer.