Rost
adj, noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of roust (“strong tide or current”). Orkney, Scotland, alt-of, alternative, especially
- 2 Obsolete form of roast. alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
"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."
- 1 Obsolete form of roast. Early, Modern, alt-of, obsolete
"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 […]"
- 1 Obsolete form of roast. alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
"The secund covrse / Creme off almonds Rost coney plouers small byrds & custard"
Example
More examples"In the mountaynes also, at certaine seasons, there flocketh innumerable the Bogong Moth. The people gather them in cavernes, and rost them in fire, whereby they become rich meate, full of oyle, and with a taste like unto nuts. So plenteous is this harvest, that many tribes do assemble together for mirth, for trafficke, and for solemn rites, even as we resort unto fayres and markets. These victuals, which to a stranger may seeme strange and loathsome, are to the dwellers of that land both sustenance and treasure. They shewe howe Nature, though harsh and barren, yet provideth for her children, if only they have knowledge to seeke her hidden store. In such wise do the ancient inhabitants teach their youth, that the desert is not void, but rather a banquet spread by the earth herselfe."
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