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roasted |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Roast \Roast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Roasted}; p. pr & vb n. {Roasting}.] [OE. rosten, OF rostir, F. r[^o]tir; of German origin; cf OHG. r[=o]sten, G. r["o]sten, fr OHG. r[=o]st, r[=o]sta, gridiron, G. rost; cf AS hyrstan to roast.] 1. To cook by exposure to radiant heat before a fire; as to roast meat on a spit, or in an oven open toward the fire and having reflecting surfaces within; also to cook in a close oven. 2. To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.; as to roast a potato in ashes. In eggs boiled and roasted there is scarce difference to be discerned. --BAcon. 3. To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as to roast coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts. 4. Hence to heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn. ``Roasted in wrath and fire.'' --Shak. 5. (Metal.) To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of as ores. 6. To banter severely. [Colloq.] --Atterbury. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: roasted adj : (of meat) to cook by dry heat in an oven [syn: {roast}]
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