rost

plural rosts

1. OrkneyScotlandalternativeespeciallyAlternative form of roust (“strong tide or current”).

present singular third person rosts · participle present rosting · participle past rosted · past rosted

1. EarlyModernobsoleteObsolete form of roast.

   1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 82-85, Well Masters if you will eate nothing take away: Come, what doo we to passe away the time? Lay a crab in the fire to rost for Lambes-wooll […]

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   Their corne they rost in the eare greene, and bruising it in a morter of wood with a Polt, lappe it in rowles in the leaves of their corne, and so boyle it for a daintie.

   1612, John Smith, Map of Virginia, Kupperman, published 1988, page 138

   […] and care must be had to rost him so leasurely, that he neither burn, nor continue raw: for when the skin seems crup, it is a sign all is rosted, and the Polenta is taken away.

   1669, John Baptista Porta, Natural Magick, page 322

plural rosts

1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete form of roast.

   I love no roſt, but a nut-brown toſte, and a crab layde in the fyre, / A lytle bread ſhall do me stead, much breade I not deſyre.

   1575, “Gammer Gurton’s Needle”, in A Select Collection of Old Plays. […], 2nd edition, volume II, London: […] J. Nichols; for J. Dodsley, […], published 1780, page 20

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   When Thraſo meets his friend, he ſweares by God, / Vnto his Chamber he ſhall welcome be: / Not that hee’le cloy him there with roſt or ſod, / Such vulgar diet with Cookes ſhops agree: / But hee’le preſent moſt kinde, exceeding franke / The beſt Tabacco, that he euer dranke.

   1600, S[amuel] R[owlands], The Letting of Humours Blood in the Head-Vaine. […], London: […] W. White for W. F., page 9

   He burneth part thereof in the fire: with part thereof he eateth fleſh: he roſteth roſt, and is ſatiſfied: yea hee warmeth himſelfe, and ſaith; Aha, I am warme, I haue ſeene the fire.

   1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 44:16, column 1

   If Pluto’s treaſury be golden Mynes in the bowels of the earth, this is his Kitchin, ſeated in his cellars there, or his Coalehouſe rather, where hee ſtores his fuell for his roſts.

   1634, A Strange Metamorphosis of Man, Transformed into a VVildernesse. Deciphered in Characters., London: […] Thomas Harper, […] sold by Lawrence Chapman […]

1. not comparableobsoleteObsolete form of roast.

   The secund covrse / Creme off almonds Rost coney plouers small byrds & custard

   1510, “Notes from an Old City Account Book”, in The Archaeological Journal. […], volume XLIII, London: […] the Office of the [Royal Archaeological] Institute, […], published 1886, page 172

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   After ſupper we went to reſt, and they to fiſhing againe: more they gat and fell to eating a freſh, and retayned ſufficient readie roſt for all our break-faſts.

   1622, Relation or Iournall of the Beginning and Proceedings of the English Plantation Setled at Plimoth in New England, by Certaine English Aduenturers Both Merchants and Others. […], London: […] [J. Dawson] for Iohn Bellamie, […], page 47

   Next them all ſorts of Roſt-meates, of which the greateſt firſt, as Chine of beeffe or Surloine, the Gigget or Legges of Mutton, Gooſſe, Swan, Veale, Pig, Capon, and ſuch like.

   1623, G[ervase] M[arkham], “Of the Outward and Actiue Knowledge of the Hous-wife; and of Her Skill in Cookerie; as Sallets of All Sorts, with Flesh, Fish, Sauces, Pastrie, Banqueting-stuffe, and Ordering of Great Feasts: Also Distillations, Perfumes, Conceited Secrets, and Preseruing Wine of All Sorts”, in Covntrey Contentments, or The English Husvvife. […], London: Printed by I. B. for R. Iackson, […], →OCLC, page 126

   […] will you take the foam of a mad dog, and put it into your pot of pottage, to poyſon half the family, that you may have the more roſt meat to your ſelves?

   1649, Εικων Ἡ Πιστη [Eikōn Hē Pistē]. Or, The Faithfull Pourtraicture of a Loyall Subject, in Vindication of Εικὼν Βασιλική [Eikṑn Basilikḗ]. […], [London]: [s.n.], page 61