To broil or cook with heat, especially over a fire or under a hot element.
Variant spelling of 'broil,' which comes from Old French 'bruler' meaning 'to burn.' The 'broll' form is dialectal or archaic, representing alternate pronunciation patterns from Middle English.
The verb 'broll' nearly disappeared from English but survives in regional dialects—it's a perfect example of how language branches create different versions of the same word depending on geography.
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