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Webster 1913 Edition

Roast

Roast

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Roasted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Roasting
.]
[OE.
rosten
, OF.
rostir
, F.
rôtir
; of German origin; cf. OHG.
rōsten
, G.
rösten
, fr. OHG.
rōst
,
rōsta
, 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.

Roast

,
Verb.
I.
1.
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.
2.
To undergo the process of being roasted.

Roast

,
Noun.
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.

Roast

,
Adj.
[For
roasted
.]
Roasted;
as,
roast
beef
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Roast

ROAST

,
Verb.
T.
[If the verb is from the noun, the sense is to dress or cook on a gridiron or grate, and rist, rost, coincide in elements with L. rastellum, a rake. If the verb is the root, the sense probably is to contract or crisp, or to throw or agitate, hence to make rough.]
1.
To cook, dress or prepare meat for the table by exposing it to heat, as on a spit. In a bake-pan, in an oven or the like. We now say, to roast meat on a spit, in a pan, or in a tin oven, &c.; to bake meat in an oven; to broil meat on a gridiron.
2.
To prepare for food by exposure to heat; as, to roast apples or potatoes; to roast eggs.
3.
To heat to excess; to heat violently.
Roasted in wrath and fire.
4.
To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee.
5.
In metallurgy, to dissipate the volatile parts of ore by heat.
6.
In common discourse, to jeer; to banter severely.

ROAST

,
Noun.
That which is roasted.

ROAST

,
Adj.
[for roasted.] Roasted; as roast beef.

ROAST

,
Noun.
In the phrase, to rule the roast, this word is a corrupt pronunciation.

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