Chiefly Sc. and north. dial. [f. prec.] trans. and intr. To cook on the gridiron, broil, grill. Hence Brandered ppl. a. Brandering vbl. sb., as in brandering steak.
c. 1782. Sir T. Sinclair, Scott. Dial., 172 (Jam.). The Scots also say to brander for to broil meat.
1814. Scott, Wav., lxiv. ‘I’ll brander the moor-fowl that John Heatherblutter brought in this morning.’
c. 1817. Hogg, Tales & Sk., III. 37. Brandered kidneys.
1848. Forster, Life Goldsm., I. iv. A brandered chop served up.
