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(1):

(v. t.) To dry and brown by the heat of a fire; as, to toast bread.

(2):

(v. t.) To warm thoroughly; as, to toast the feet.

(3):

(v.) Hence, any person, especially a person of distinction, in honor of whom a health is drunk; hence, also, anything so commemorated; a sentiment, as "The land we live in," "The day we celebrate," etc.

(4):

(v.) A lady in honor of whom persons or a company are invited to drink; - so called because toasts were formerly put into the liquor, as a great delicacy.

(5):

(v.) Bread dried and browned before a fire, usually in slices; also, a kind of food prepared by putting slices of toasted bread into milk, gravy, etc.

(6):

(v. t.) To name when a health is proposed to be drunk; to drink to the health, or in honor, of; as, to toast a lady.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Toast'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/toast.html. 1828.
 
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