1. To cook, dress or prepare meat for the table by exposing it to heat, as on a spit. In a bake-pan, in an oven or the like. We now say, to roast meat on a spit, in a pan, or in a tin oven, _c.; to bake meat in an oven; to broil meat on a gridiron.
2. To prepare for food by exposure to heat; as, to roast apples or potatoes; to roast eggs.
3. To heat to excess; to heat violently.
Roasted in wrath and fire.
4. To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee.
5. In metallurgy, to dissipate the volatile parts of ore by heat.
6. In common discourse, to jeer; to banter severely.
ROAST, n. That which is roasted.
ROAST, a. [for roasted.] Roasted; as roast beef.
ROAST, n. In the phrase, to rule the roast, this word is a corrupt pronunciation.
