| • | 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. | 
											
															| • | To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand,
   etc.; as, to roast a potato in ashes. | 
											
															| • | To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast
   coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts. | 
											
															| • | Hence, to heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn. | 
											
															| • | To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores. | 
											
															| • | To banter severely. | 
											
															| • | To cook meat, fish, etc., by heat, as before the fire or
   in an oven. | 
											
															| • | To undergo the process of being roasted. | 
											
															| • | That which is roasted; a piece of meat which has been
   roasted, or is suitable for being roasted. | 
											
															| • | Roasted; as, roast beef. |