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   Roast (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Roasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Roasting.] [OE. rosten, OF. rostir, F. rôtir; of German origin; cf. OHG. rōsten, G. rösten, fr. OHG. rōst, rōsta, gridiron, G. rost; cf. AS. hyrstan to roast.]
   1. 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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   2. To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.; as, “to roast a potato in ashes”.
   
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   In eggs boiled and roasted there is scarce difference to be discerned. BAcon.
   
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   3. To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, “to roast coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts.”
   
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   4. Hence, to heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn. “Roasted in wrath and fire.”  Shak.
   
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   5. (Metal.) To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores.
   
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   6. To banter severely. [Colloq.]  Atterbury.
   
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