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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.
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2. To warm thoroughly; as, to toast the feet.
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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.
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Toast, n. [OF. toste, or tostée, 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.
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My sober evening let the tankard bless,
With toast embrowned, and fragrant nutmeg fraught. T. Warton.
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2. A lady in honor of whom persons or a company are invited to drink; -- so called because toasts were formerly put into the liquor, as a great delicacy.
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It now came to the time of Mr. Jones to give a toast . . . who could not refrain from mentioning his dear Sophia. Fielding.
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3. Hence, any person, especially a person of distinction, in honor of whom a health is drunk; hence, also, anything so commemorated; a sentiment, as “The land we live in,” “The day we celebrate,” etc.
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Toast rack, a small rack or stand for a table, having partitions for holding slices of dry toast.
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