| Toast (toast) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Toast |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Toasted (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Toasting.] [OF. toster to roast, toast, fr. L.
torrere, tostum, to parch, roast. See Torrid.] |
To dry and brown by the heat of a fire] as, to
toast bread.
To warm thoroughly; as, to toast the
feet.
To name when a health is proposed to be drunk;
to drink to the health, or in honor, of; as, to toast a
lady.
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Bread dried and browned
before a fire, usually in slices; also, a kind of food prepared by putting
slices of toasted bread into milk, gravy, etc.
A lady in honor of whom persons or a company are
invited to drink; -- so called because toasts were formerly put into the
liquor, as a great delicacy.
Hence, any person, especially a person of
distinction, in honor of whom a health is drunk; hence, also, anything so
commemorated; a sentiment, as "The land we live in," "The day we
celebrate," etc.
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