Hypertext Webster Gateway: "toast"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
toast
n 1: slices of bread that have been toasted
2: a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event
[syn: {pledge}]
v 1: make brown and crisp by heating; "toast bread" [syn: {crisp}]
2: propose a toast to; "Let us toast the birthday girl!" "Let's
drink to the New Year" [syn: {drink}, {pledge}, {salute},
{wassail}]
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