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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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