roast

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1. 1.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.
2. 2.To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts.
3. 3.Hence, to heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn. "Roasted in wrath and fire." Shak.
4. 4.(Metal.) To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores.
5. 5.To banter severely. [Colloq.] Atterbury.
6. 6.To cook meat, fish, etc., by heat, as before the fire or in an oven. He could roast, and seethe, and broil, and fry. Chaucer.
7. 7.To undergo the process of being roasted.
8. 8.That which is roasted; a piece of meat which has been roasted, or is suitable for being roasted. A fat swan loved he best of any roost [roast]. Chaucer. To rule the roast, to be at the head of affairs. "The new-made duke that rules the roast." Shak.
9. 9.Roasted; as, roast beef.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is 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 called?
• What is to dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts called?
• What is hence, to heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn. "Roasted in wrath and fire." Shak called?
• What is to dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores called?
• What is to banter severely. [Colloq.] Atterbury called?
• What is to cook meat, fish, etc., by heat, as before the fire or in an oven. He could roast, and seethe, and broil, and fry. Chaucer called?
• What is to undergo the process of being roasted called?