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What does broil mean to Shakespeare?

Updated: 11/9/2022
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Shakespeare uses "broil" in two senses. The first one is the one we know of, a way of cooking. "An he had been cannibally given, he might have broiled and eaten him too." (Coriolanus) or "How say you to a fat tripe finely broil'd?" (Taming of the Shrew)

However, more commonly it means to fight, or to quarrel, and even more commonly it is a noun, meaning a fight or quarrel, as in "Say to the king the knowledge of the broil as thou didst leave it." (Macbeth) or "These domestic and particular broils are not the question here." (King Lear)

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