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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Broiler

/broil'-ẽr/ · Broil·er · IPA /ˈbɹɔɪlɚ/
01 n. One who excites broils; one who engages in or promotes noisy quarrels.
  1. 1.
    One who excites broils; one who engages in or promotes noisy quarrels.
    “What doth he but turn broiler, . . . make new libels against the church?” — Hammond.
02 n. One who broils, or cooks by broiling.
  1. 1.
    One who broils, or cooks by broiling.
  2. 2.
    A gridiron or other utensil used in broiling, or the compartment in a stove where such a utensil is located.
  3. 3.
    A chicken or other bird fit for broiling.[Colloq.]