[ noun ] cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill) <noun.act>
Broiling \Broil"ing\, a. Excessively hot; as, a broiling sun. -- n. The act of causing anything to broil.
Broil \Broil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Broiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Broiling}.] [OE. broilen, OF. bruillir, fr. bruir to broil, burn; of Ger. origin; cf. MHG. br["u]ejen, G. br["u]hen, to scald, akin to E. brood.] 1. To cook by direct exposure to heat over a fire, esp. upon a gridiron over coals.
2. To subject to great (commonly direct) heat.
Inside this lavish Moorish-style movie house, whose near demolition 10 years ago mobilized Atlanta's preservation movement, bored and broiling conventioneers are listening to jokester Mark Russell.
"This will be reduced to approximately three ounces by broiling, providing a serving approximately the size of a deck of playing cards." The navigator, whose usual portion runs more to the size of a Robert Ludlum paperback, takes heed.
The only survivor among a group of aliens locked in a railroad boxcar under the broiling desert sun says his survival has made him an outcast in his hometown because people blame him for the deaths.