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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Toasting  \Toast"ing\, 
  a.  &  n.  from  {Toast},  v. 
 
  {Toasting  fork},  a  long-handled  fork  for  toasting  bread, 
  cheese,  or  the  like  by  the  fire. 
 
  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  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  toasting 
  n  :  cooking  to  a  brown  crispiness  over  a  fire  or  on  a  grill 
  [syn:  {browning}] 




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