2. Verb. (third-person singular of broil) ¹
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Definition of Broils
1. broil [v] - See also: broil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Broils
Literary usage of Broils
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Laws and Ordinances of New Netherland, 1638-1674 by New York (State)., Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan (1868)
"ORDINANCE Of the Director General and Council of New Netherland against Street
broils and Fights in New Amsterdam. Passed 15 December, 1657. [NT Col. MSS. ..."
2. A Treatise on Extraordinary Relief in Equity and at Law by Thomas Carl Spelling (1893)
"Domestic broils. — A court of equity will, as far as possible, discourage a resort
to its aid for the purpose of interfering with mere domestic broils. ..."
3. A Manual of Ancient History, from the Earliest Times to the Fall of the by George Rawlinson (1871)
"From the Commencement of the First War ivith Carthage to the Rise of the Civil
broils under the Gracchi. BC 264 to 133. SOURCES. The most important of the ..."
4. The History of Modern Europe by William Russell (1789)
"... broils were little capable of any foreign effort. The wars of Europe, therefore,
... broils ..."
5. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania State library, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania State Library (1853)
"Domestic broils seem to be somewhat more composed than formerly, and if we arc
wise enough to know our own Interests I hope we may be a happy and prosperous ..."
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