Roast :: Roast (v. t.) 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..
Roast :: Roast (v. t.) To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.; as, to roast a potato in ashes..
Roast :: Roast (v. t.) To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts..
Roast :: Roast (v. t.) Hence, to heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn..
Roast :: Roast (v. t.) To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores..
Zoroastrian :: Zoroastrian (a.) Of or pertaining to Zoroaster, or his religious system..
Zoroastrian :: Zoroastrian (n.) A follower of Zoroaster; one who accepts Zoroastrianism.
Zoroastrianism :: Zoroastrianism (n.) The religious system of Zoroaster, the legislator and prophet of the ancient Persians, which was the national faith of Persia; mazdeism. The system presupposes a good spirit (Ormuzd) and an opposing evil spirit (Ahriman). Cf. Fire worship, under Fire, and Parsee..