Toast

tōst, v.t. to dry and scorch at the fire: to name when a health is drunk: to drink to the health of.— v.i. to drink toasts.— n. bread toasted: a slice of such dipped in liquor: the person or thing named whose health is to be drunk.— ns. Toast′er , one who, or that which, toasts; Toast′ing-fork , -ī′ron , a long-handled fork for toasting bread: a sword; Toast′-mas′ter , the master and announcer of toasts at public dinners; Toast′-rack , a stand, with partitions for slices of toast, for setting on the table. [O. Fr. toster —L. tost us , roasted, pa.p. of torrēre .]