Definition of roasting
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Roasting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Roas.
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Oven ::
Oven (n.) A place
arched over with brick or
stonework, and used for
baking, heating, or
drying; hence, any
structure, whether fixed or
portable, which may be
heated for
baking, drying, etc.; esp., now, a
chamber in a
stove, used for
baking or
roasting..
Zaffer ::
Zaffer (n.) A
pigment obtained, usually by
roasting cobalt glance with sand or
quartz, as a dark
earthy powder. It
consists of crude
cobalt oxide, or of an
impure cobalt arseniate. It is used in
porcelain painting, and in
enameling pottery, to
produce a blue
color, and is often
confounded with
smalt, from
which, however, it is
distinct, as it
contains no
potash. The name is often
loosely applied to
mixtures of
zaffer proper with
silica, or
oxides of iron,
manganese, etc..