Broiling

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Excessively hot and humid; torrid: as, a broiling day.
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  • adjective. Excessively hot.
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  • verb. Present participle of broil.
  • noun. An instance of something being broiled.
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  • noun. cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)
  • Word Usage
    "The first thing Berner did was to take the girl with him to the woods; Sunday after Sunday they went to Nordmarken, in broiling sunshine or pouring rain, in the thaws of spring, and in winter on ski."
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    verb-stem
    broil