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Turnspit :: Turnspit (n.) A small breed of dogs having a long body and short crooked legs. These dogs were formerly much used for turning a spit on which meat was roasting.

Decrepitate :: Decrepitate (v. t.) To roast or calcine so as to cause a crackling noise; as, to decrepitate salt..

Mazdean :: Mazdean (a.) Of or pertaining to Ahura-Mazda, or Ormuzd, the beneficent deity in the Zoroastrian dualistic system; hence, Zoroastrian..

Barbecue :: Barbecue (n.) A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast..

Decrepitate :: Decrepitate (v. i.) To crackle, as salt in roasting..

Roaster :: Roaster (n.) A pig, or other article of food fit for roasting..

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..

Decrepitation :: Decrepitation (n.) The act of decrepitating; a crackling noise, such as salt makes when roasting..

Slugs :: Slugs (n. pl.) Half-roasted ore.

Chicory :: Chicory (n.) The root, which is roasted for mixing with coffee..

Roaster :: Roaster (n.) A contrivance for roasting.

Roasted :: Roasted (imp. & p. p.) of Roas.

Mazdeism :: Mazdeism (n.) The Zoroastrian religion.

Assastion :: Assastion (n.) Roasting.

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..

Torrefy :: Torrefy (v. t.) To subject to scorching heat, so as to drive off volatile ingredients; to roast, as ores..

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..

Brewis :: Brewis (n.) Bread soaked in broth, drippings of roast meat, milk, or water and butter..

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..

Dripping :: Dripping (n.) That which falls in drops, as fat from meat in roasting..

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