Hypertext Webster Gateway: "toasting"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Toasting \Toast"ing\,
a. & n. from {Toast}, v.
{Toasting fork}, a long-handled fork for toasting bread,
cheese, or the like, by the fire.
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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
toasting
n : cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill;
"proper toasting should brown both sides of a piece of
bread" [syn: {browning}]
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