Barbecue \Bar"be*cue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Barbecued; p. pr. & vb. n. Barbecuing.]

1. To dry or cure by exposure on a frame or gridiron.

They use little or no salt, but barbecue their game and fish in the smoke. --Stedman.

2. To roast or broil whole, as an ox or hog.

Send me, gods, a whole hog barbecued. --Pope.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)