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Toast [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Bread dried and scorched by the fire; or such bread dipped in melted butter, or in some liquor. Dry toast is bread scorched, or it is scorched bread with butter spread upon it. Soft toast is made by immersing toasted bread in melted butter, and called dipped toast

2. A female whose health is drank in honor or respect.

3. The wise man's passion, and the vain man's toast

4. He or that which is named in honor in drinking.

Toast [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To dry and scorch by the heat of a fire; as, to toast bread or cheese. [It is chiefly limited in its application to these two articles.]

2. To warm thoroughly; as, to toast the feet. [Not much used.]

3. To name when a health is drank; to drink to the health in honor of; as, to toast a lady. Addison writes 'to toast the health; ' a form of expression I believe not now used.

Toast [Verb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Bread dried and browned before a fire, usually in slices; also, a kind of food prepared by putting slices of toasted bread into milk, gravy, etc.

2. A lady in honor of whom persons or a company are invited to drink; -- so called because toasts were formerly put into the liquor, as a great delicacy.

3. Hence, any person, especially a person of distinction, in honor of whom a health is drunk; hence, also, anything so commemorated; a sentiment, as "The land we live in," "The day we celebrate," etc.

Toast [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

Toasted [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Scorched by heat; named in drinking the health.

Toasted [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Toast

Toaster [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. One who toasts.

2. An instrument for toasting bread or cheese.

Toaster [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One who toasts.

2. A kitchen utensil for toasting bread, cheese, etc.

Toasting [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Scorching by fire; drinking to the honor of.

Toasting Webster's Dictionary 1913

a. & n. from Toast, v.

Toasting [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Toast

Toastmaster [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A person who presides at a public dinner or banquet, and announces the toasts.