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Webster 1913 Edition

Roasting

Roast′ing

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Adj.
&
Noun.
, from
Roast
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Verb.
Roasting ear
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an ear of Indian corn at that stage of development when it is fit to be eaten roasted.
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Roasting jack
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a machine for turning a spit on which meat is roasted.

Webster 1828 Edition

Roasting

ROASTING

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ppr.
1.
Preparing for the table by exposure to heat on a spit; drying and parching.
2.
Bantering with severity.

ROASTING

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Noun.
A severe teasing or bantering.

Definition 2024

roasting

roasting

English

Verb

roasting

  1. present participle of roast
    • 1922, "The Bride's Cookery Primer", Good Housekeeping, Volume 74, page 66
      Broiling is but another way of roasting those cuts of meat which have a broad, flat surface such as steaks, chops, or cutlets.

Adjective

roasting ‎(comparative more roasting, superlative most roasting)

  1. (colloquial) Very hot.
    The day started out cool, but by noon it was roasting.

Noun

roasting ‎(plural roastings)

  1. The act by which something is roasted.
    • 1885, Henry Marion Howe, Copper smelting (page 15)
      These elements are expelled more completely by a large number of comparatively incomplete roastings (alternated, of course, with smeltings) than by a smaller number of extremely thorough roastings […]

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