Definition of roast

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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..

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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..
Mazdeism :: Mazdeism (n.) The Zoroastrian religion.
Coffee :: Coffee (n.) The beverage made from the roasted and ground berry.
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A large tree, the Artocarpus integrifolia, common in the East Indies, closely allied to the breadfruit, from which it differs in having its leaves entire. The fruit is of great size, weighing from thirty to forty pounds, and through its soft fibrous matter are scattered the seeds, which are roasted and eaten. The wood is of a yellow color, fine grain, and rather heavy, and is much used in cabinetwork. It is also used for dyeing a brilliant yellow..
Baste :: Baste (v. t.) To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting..
Ustulation :: Ustulation (n.) The roasting or drying of moist substances so as prepare them for pulverizing.
Roast :: Roast (v. t.) To banter severely.
Skewer :: Skewer (n.) A pin of wood or metal for fastening meat to a spit, or for keeping it in form while roasting..
Roast :: Roast (v. t.) To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.; as, to roast a potato in ashes..
Barbecue :: Barbecue (n.) A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast..
Kitchen :: Kitchen (n.) A utensil for roasting meat; as, a tin kitchen..
Roast :: Roast (v. t.) To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts..
Niopo :: Niopo (n.) A kind of snuff prepared by the natives of Venezuela from the roasted seeds of a leguminous tree (Piptadenia peregrina), thence called niopo tree..
Hastener :: Hastener (n.) That which hastens; especially, a stand or reflector used for confining the heat of the fire to meat while roasting before it..
Free-milling :: Free-milling (a.) Yielding free gold or silver; -- said of certain ores which can be reduced by crushing and amalgamation, without roasting or other chemical treatment..
Spit :: Spit (n.) A long, slender, pointed rod, usually of iron, for holding meat while roasting..
Roaster :: Roaster (n.) One who roasts meat.
Overroast :: Overroast (v. t.) To roast too much.
Capsule :: Capsule (n.) A small saucer of clay for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier..
Wassail :: Wassail (n.) The liquor used for a wassail; esp., a beverage formerly much used in England at Christmas and other festivals, made of ale (or wine) flavored with spices, sugar, toast, roasted apples, etc.; -- called also lamb's wool..
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