What is "grill"

Grill \Grill\, n. [F. gril. See Grill, v. t.]

1. A gridiron.

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

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 \Grill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Grilling.] [F. griller, fr. gril gridiron, OF. gra["i]l, L. 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.
   --Marvell.

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

3. To stamp or mark with a grill.

Grill \Grill\, v. i. To undergo the process of being grilled, or broiled; to broil.

He had grilled in the heat, sweated in the rains.
--Kipling.

"gridiron," 1680s, from French gril, from Old French greil, alteration of graille "grill, frating, railings, fencing," from Latin craticula "gridiron, small griddle," diminutive of cratis "wickerwork," perhaps from PIE *kert- "to turn, entwine." In many instances, Modern English grill is a shortened form of grille, such as "chrome front of an automobile."

"to broil on a grill," 1660s, from grill (n.); figurative sense from 1842, and the specific (transitive) sense of "to subject to intense questioning" is first attested 1894. Related: Grilled; grilling.

Etymology 1 alt. 1 (context transitive Scotland US English) To make angry; provoke. 2 (context transitive chiefly Scotland English) To terrify; make tremble. 3 (context intransitive chiefly Scotland English) To tremble; shiver. 4 (context intransitive Northern England Scotland English) To snarl; snap. vb. 1 (context transitive Scotland US English) To make angry; provoke. 2 (context transitive chiefly Scotland English) To terrify; make tremble. 3 (context intransitive chiefly Scotland English) To tremble; shiver. 4 (context intransitive Northern England Scotland English) To snarl; snap. Etymology 2

1. harsh, rough, severe; cruel n. harm Etymology 3

   alt. 1 A rack; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack. 2 On a vehicle, a slotted cover as above, to protect and hide the radiator, while admitting air to cool it. 3 A device comprising a source of radiant heat and a means of holding food near it, to cook it; a barbecue; a griddle. 4 (lb en colloquial) A type of jewelry worn on the front teeth. 5 (lb en colloquial by extension) The front teeth regarded collectively. 6 Food cooked on a grill. 7 A grillroom; a restaurant serving grilled food. 8 (cx humorous English) (misspelling of girl English) n. 1 A rack; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack. 2 On a vehicle, a slotted cover as above, to protect and hide the radiator, while admitting air to cool it. 3 A device comprising a source of radiant heat and a means of holding food near it, to cook it; a barbecue; a griddle. 4 (lb en colloquial) A type of jewelry worn on the front teeth. 5 (lb en colloquial by extension) The front teeth regarded collectively. 6 Food cooked on a grill. 7 A grillroom; a restaurant serving grilled food. 8 (cx humorous English) (misspelling of girl English) v

2. 1 (cx transitive English) To cook (food) on a grill; to barbecue. 2 (context transitive Australian NZ UK English) To cook food under the element of a stove or only under the top element of an oven – (context US English) broil, (context cooking English) salamander. 3 (context transitive colloquial English) To interrogate; to question aggressively or harshly. 4 (cx intransitive informal English) To feel very hot; to swelter. 5 (cx transitive English) To stamp or mark with a grill.

1. n. a restaurant where food is cooked on a grill [syn: grillroom]

2. a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate; "he cooked hamburgers on the grill" [syn: grille, grillwork]

v. cook over a grill; "grill the sausages"

A grill on a postage stamp is an embossed pattern of small indentations intended to discourage postage stamp reuse. They were supposed to work by allowing the ink of the cancellation to be absorbed more readily by the fibres of the stamp paper, making it harder to wash off the cancellation.

The grill method , in cryptology, was a method used chiefly early on, before the advent of the cyclometer, by the mathematician-cryptologists of the Polish Cipher Bureau ( Biuro Szyfrów) in decrypting German Enigma machine ciphers. The Enigma rotor cipher machine changes plaintext characters into cipher text using a different permutation for each character, and so implements a polyalphabetic substitution cipher.

thumb|A gold dental grill In hip hop culture, a grill (most commonly spelled as grillz also fronts or golds) is a type of jewelry worn over the teeth. Grills are made of metal and are generally removable. They began to be worn by hip hop artists in the early 1980s, and upgraded during the 90s in Oakland, but they became more widely popular during the mid-2000s due to the rise of Southern hip hop rap and the more mainstream pop culture status hip hop attained. Though grills are fitted to the tooth impression of the wearer, whether they are safe for long-term wear is unknown.

Grill or Grille may refer to:

The Grill family was one of several Swedish families having significant influence with the Swedish East India Company (SOIC). During the 17th century, 18th century and for some years into the 19th century, they owned ironworks and mills manufacturing goods for export while operating wharfs, textile companies, saw mills and other factories related to shipbuilding. Several Grills were directors of the SOIC and the Grill firm traded with the merchants in Canton (now known as Guangzhou) as members of the SOIC and privately. The Grills owned houses, manors and estates at a number of locations in Sweden.

All the noted Grills were in some way connected to the main Grill Trading House, and several other companies were established in association with the Trading House. The Grill name was kept and passed on through the generations and some of the Grills even shared the same first name.

Apart from the SOIC, the Grills are most noted for their contribution to the Swedish iron industry and for exports of iron during the 18th century.