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A piece of meat, especially of veal or mutton, cut for broiling.

A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper. Men and women busy in baking, broiling, roasting oysters, and preparing devils on the gridiron. Sir W. Scott.

e; to detach; to set free; to liberate; to clear; as, to disengage one from a party, from broils and controversies, from an oath, promise, or occupation; to disengage the affections a favorite pursuit, the mind from study. To disengage him and the kingdom, great sums were to be borrowed. Milton. Caloric and light must…

plication and perplexity; disengage from embarrassing connection or intermixture; to disembroil; to set free; to separate. To disentangle truth from error. Stewart. To extricate and disentangle themselves out of this labyrinth. Clarendon. A mind free and disentangled from all corporeal mixtures. Bp. Stillingfleet.…

Affray; broil; contest; combat. Who began this bloody fray Shak.

A grated iron utensil for broiling flesh and fish over coals.

A gridiron. [They] make grills of [wood] to broil their meat. Cotton.

A room specially fitted for broiling food, esp. one in a restaurant, hotel, or clubhouse, arranged for prompt service.

To broil; to grill; hence, To harass. [Obs.] Hudibras.

ustralian short-tailed petrel (Nectris brevicaudus). -- Mutton chop, a rib of mutton for broiling, with the end of the bone at the smaller part chopped off. -- Mutton fish (Zoöl.), the American eelpout. See Eelpout. -- Mutton fist, a big brawny fist or hand. [Colloq.] Dryden. -- Mutton monger, a pimp [Low & Obs.] C…

t, fish, etc., by heat, as before the fire or in an oven. He could roast, and seethe, and broil, and fry. Chaucer.

in this sense often personified. Rumor next, and Chance, And Tumult, and Confusion, all embroiled. Milton.

To split (as an eel) lengthwise, and broil it, or fry it in hot fat.

Broiled or fried after being split lengthwise; -- said of eels.

A slice of beef, broiled, or cut for broiling; -- also extended to the meat of other large animals; as, venison steak; bear steak; pork steak; turtle steak.

A turmoil; a broil; a fray; a fight. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] Barham.

stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food. How say you to a fat tripe finely broiled Shak.

To involve in a quarrel or dispute; to embroil. [R.] Bp. Sanderson.