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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TOAST, v.t. [L. tostus.]
1. To dry and scorch by the heat of a fire; as, to toast bread or cheese. [It is chiefly limited in its application to these two articles.]
2. To warm thoroughly; as, to toast the feet. [Not much used.]
3. To name when a health is drank; to drink to the health in honor of; as, to toast a lady. Addison writes "to toast the health;" a form of expression I believe not now used.
TOAST, n. Bread dried and scorched by the fire; or such bread dipped in melted butter, or in some liquor. Dry toast is bread scorched, or it is scorched bread with butter spread upon it. Soft toast is made by immersing toasted bread in melted butter, and called dipped toast.
1. A female whose health is drank in honor or respect.
The wise man's passion, and the vain man's toast.
2. He or that which is named in honor in drinking.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: slices of bread that have been toasted
2: a celebrity who receives much acclaim and attention; "he was the toast of the town"
3: a person in desperate straits; someone doomed; "I'm a goner if this plan doesn't work"; "one mistake and you're toast" [syn: goner, toast]
4: a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event [syn: pledge, toast] v
1: make brown and crisp by heating; "toast bread"; "crisp potatoes" [syn: crispen, toast, crisp]
2: propose a toast to; "Let us toast the birthday girl!"; "Let's drink to the New Year" [syn: toast, drink, pledge, salute, wassail]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb Etymology: Middle English tosten, from Anglo-French toster, from Late Latin tostare to roast, from Latin tostus, past participle of torr?re to dry, parch — more at thirst Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to warm thoroughly 2. to make (as bread) crisp, hot, and brown by heat intransitive verb to become toasted; especially to warm thoroughly II. noun Date: 15th century 1. a. sliced bread browned on both sides by heat b. food prepared with toasted bread 2. [from the use of pieces of spiced toast to flavor drinks] a. (1) a person whose health is drunk (2) something in honor of which persons usually drink b. one that is highly admired <she's the toast of society> 3. [toast (III)] an act of proposing or of drinking in honor of a toast 4. a rhyming narrative poem existing in oral tradition among black Americans 5. slang one that is finished or done for <soon their relationship was toast — Rick Reilly> III. transitive verb Date: 1640 to propose or drink to as a toast

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 bread in slices browned on both sides by radiant heat. 2 a a person (orig. esp. a woman) or thing in whose honour a company is requested to drink. b a call to drink or an instance of drinking in this way. --v. 1 tr. cook or brown (bread, a teacake, cheese, etc.) by radiant heat. 2 intr. (of bread etc.) become brown in this way. 3 tr. warm (one's feet, oneself, etc.) at a fire etc. 4 tr. drink to the health or in honour of (a person or thing). Phrases and idioms: have a person on toast colloq. be in a position to deal with a person as one wishes. toasting-fork a long-handled fork for making toast before a fire. toast rack a rack for holding slices of toast at table. Etymology: ME (orig. as verb) f. OF toster roast, ult. f. L torrere tost- parch: sense 2 of the noun reflects the notion that a woman's name flavours the drink as spiced toast would

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(toasts, toasting, toasted) 1. Toast is bread which has been cut into slices and made brown and crisp by cooking at a high temperature. ...a piece of toast. 2. When you toast something such as bread, you cook it at a high temperature so that it becomes brown and crisp. Toast the bread lightly on both sides. ...a toasted sandwich. VERB: V n, V-ed 3. When you drink a toast to someone or something, you drink some wine or another alcoholic drink as a symbolic gesture, in order to show your appreciation of them or to wish them success. Eleanor and I drank a toast to Miss Jacobs... N-COUNT 4. When you toast someone or something, you drink a toast to them. Party officials and generals toasted his health... VERB: V n 5. If someone is the toast of a place, they are very popular and greatly admired there, because they have done something very successfully or well. She was the toast of Paris. N-SING: the N of n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Scorch (in order to make more palatable, as bread or cheese). 2. Warm (thoroughly), heat. 3. Pledge, drink a health to, drink the health of, drink in honor of, drink to. II. n. 1. Toasted bread. 2. Health (in drinking), pledge. 3. Sentiment (uttered at a convivial meeting).

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A health; also a beautiful woman whose health is often drank by men. The origin of this term (as it is said) was this: a beautiful lady bathing in a cold bath, one of her admirers out of gallantry drank some of the water: whereupon another of her lovers observed, he never drank in the morning, but he would kiss the toast, and immediately saluted the lady.

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