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toast |
6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Toast \Toast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Toasted}; p. pr & vb n. {Toasting}.] [OF. toster to roast, toast, fr L. torrere tostum to parch, roast. See {Torrid}.] 1. To dry and brown by the heat of a fire; as to toast bread. 2. To warm thoroughly; as to toast the feet. 3. To name when a health is proposed to be drunk; to drink to the health, or in honor, of as to toast a lady. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Toast \Toast\, n. [OF. toste, or tost['e]e, toasted bread. See {Toast}, v.] 1. 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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: toast n 1: slices of bread that have been toasted 2: a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event [syn: {pledge}] v 1: make brown and crisp by heating; "toast bread" [syn: {crisp}] 2: propose a toast to "Let us toast the birthday girl!" "Let's drink to the New Year" [syn: {drink}, {pledge}, {salute}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Toast, NC (CDP, FIPS 67700) Location: 36.49687 N, 80.63293 W Population (1990): 2125 (897 housing units) Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: toast 1. n. Any completely inoperable system or component, esp. one that has just crashed and burned: "Uh, oh ... I think the serial board is toast." 2. vt To cause a system to crash accidentally, especially in a manner that requires manual rebooting. "Rick just toasted the {firewall machine} again." Compare {fried}. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: toast1. Any completely inoperable system or component, especially one that has just crashed and burned: "Uh, oh ... I think the serial board is toast." 2. To cause a system to crash accidentally, especially in a manner that requires manual rebooting. "Rick just toasted the {firewall machine} again." Compare {fried}. (1995-05-01)
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