Word Meanings - GRILL - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. A gridiron. make grills of to broil their meat. Cotton. 2. That which is broiled on a gridiron, as meat, fish, etc.
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- MARTYROLOGIC; MARTYROLOGICAL
Pertaining to martyrology or martyrs; registering, or registered in, a catalogue of martyrs. - RESERVE
1. To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose. "I have reserved to myself nothing." Shak. 2. Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to keep; to retain. Gen. - APPROPRIATENESS
The state or quality of being appropriate; peculiar fitness. Froude. - GRILLY
To broil; to grill; hence, To harass. Hudibras. - RETAINMENT
The act of retaining; retention. Dr. H. More. - MARTYRIZE
To make a martyr of. Spenser. - SACRIFICE
1. The offering of anything to God, or to a god; consecratory rite. Great pomp, and sacrifice, and praises loud, To Dagon. Milton. 2. Anything consecrated and offered to God, or to a divinity; an immolated victin, or an offering of any kind, laid - MARTYROLOGY
A history or account of martyrs; a register of martyrs. Bp. Stillingfleet. - APPROPRIATE
Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper. In its strict and appropriate meaning. Porteus. Appropriate acts of divine worship. Stillingfleet. It is not at all times easy to find words - GRILLE
A lattice or grating. The grille which formed part of the gate. L. Oliphant. - GRILLADE
The act of grilling; also, that which is grilled. - WITHHOLD
1. To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action. Withhold, O sovereign prince, your hasty hand From knitting league with him. Spenser. 2. To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition. Forbid who will, none shall - MARTYR
1. One who, by his death, bears witness to the truth of the gospel; one who is put to death for his religion; as, Stephen was the first Christian martyr. Chaucer. To be a martyr, signifies only to witness the truth of Christ; but the witnessing - WITHHOLDMENT
The act of withholding. - GRILL
1. A gridiron. make grills of to broil their meat. Cotton. 2. That which is broiled on a gridiron, as meat, fish, etc. - MARTYRDOM
1. The condition of a martyr; the death of a martyr; the suffering of death on account of adherence to the Christian faith, or to any cause. Bacon. I came from martyrdom unto this peace. Longfellow. 2. Affliction; torment; torture. Chaucer. - MARTYROLOGIST
A writer of martyrology; an historian of martyrs. T. Warton. - WITHHOLDER
One who withholds. - MARTYRSHIP
Martyrdom. Fuller. - RESERVEE
One to, or for, whom anything is reserved; -- contrasted with reservor. - UNAPPROPRIATE
1. Inappropriate; unsuitable. 2. Not appropriated. Bp. Warburton. - CO-SUFFERER
One who suffers with another. Wycherley. - PROTOMARTYR
The first martyr; the first who suffers, or is sacrificed, in any cause; -- applied esp. to Stephen, the first Christian martyr. - UNRESERVED
Not reserved; not kept back; not withheld in part; unrestrained. -- Un`re*serv"ed*ly, adv. -- Un`re*serv"ed*ness, n. - PRESERVER
1. One who, or that which, preserves, saves, or defends, from destruction, injury, or decay; esp., one who saves the life or character of another. Shak. 2. One who makes preserves of fruit. Game preserver. See under Game.