'Roasting' definitions:

Definition of 'roasting'

(from WordNet)
noun
Cooking (meat) by dry heat in an oven (usually with fat added); "the slow roasting took several hours"

Definition of 'Roasting'

From: GCIDE
  • Roast \Roast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Roasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Roasting.] [OE. rosten, OF. rostir, F. r[^o]tir; of German origin; cf. OHG. r[=o]sten, G. r["o]sten, fr. OHG. r[=o]st, r[=o]sta, 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.; as, to roast a potato in ashes. [1913 Webster]
  • In eggs boiled and roasted there is scarce difference to be discerned. --BAcon. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Hence, to heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn. "Roasted in wrath and fire." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Metal.) To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. To banter severely. [Colloq.] --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Roasting'

From: GCIDE
  • Roasting \Roast"ing\, a. & n., from Roast, v. [1913 Webster]
  • Roasting ear, an ear of Indian corn at that stage of development when it is fit to be eaten roasted.
  • Roasting jack, a machine for turning a spit on which meat is roasted. [1913 Webster]

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