Roast |
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. |
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Roast |
To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.; as, to roast a potato in ashes. |
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Roast |
To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts. |
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Roast |
Hence, to heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn. |
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Roast |
To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores. |
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