scrowl

present singular third person scrowls · participle present scrowling · participle past scrowled · past scrowled

1. CornwalltransitiveTo cook (pilchards) on a gridiron.

   If it wasn't for the smoothy ^([sic]) pavement under my feet I could picture myself crawlin' home from work and mother scrowling pilchers fur my supper.

   1899, The Cornish Magazine, volume 2, page 138

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   The approved method of cooking them [pilchards], according to Mr. Howard Fox, "is to split and pepper, place one fish flat on another, backs outside, and roast on a gridiron." This is the process provincially termed "scrowling."

   1884, H. J. Green, The Herring Fisheries, page 391

   Next day, the fish was 'scrowled' on a gridiron over the fire and eaten with 'mahogany', a powerful mixture of black treacle and gin, a favourite tipple of Cornish fishermen for keeping out the cold!

   2006, Sara Paston-Williams, Fish: Recipes from a Busy Island, page 39