toasting
    n 1: cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill;
         "proper toasting should brown both sides of a piece of
         bread" [syn: toasting, browning]

Toast \Toast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Toasted; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Toasting.] [OF. toster to roast, toast, fr. L. torrere,
   tostum, to parch, roast. See Torrid.]
   1. To dry and brown by the heat of a fire; as, to toast
      bread.
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   2. To warm thoroughly; as, to toast the feet.
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   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.
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Toasting \Toast"ing\,
   a. & n. from Toast, v.
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   Toasting fork, a long-handled fork for toasting bread,
      cheese, or the like, by the fire.
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