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roaster|ˈrəʊstə(r)|
Also 5 roostare, 7 roster.
[f. roast v. + -er1. Cf. Sw. rostare, G. röster.]
1. One who roasts.
c1440Promp. Parv. 437 Roostare, or hastelere, assator. c1603Breton Character Q. Eliz. Wks. (Grosart) II. 5/2 The cruell Cookes that..were the rosters of men. 1611Cotgr., Alloyandier, a roster of short ribbes of beefe. 1724Lond. Gaz. No. 6270/9 Such Officer or Roaster [of coffee] for not duly attending, shall forfeit..{pstlg}10. 1787Wolcot (P. Pindar) Apol. Post. to Ode upon Ode, A roaster of himself, Felo de se. 1846Mrs. Gore Eng. Char. (1852) 103 Rejoicing in their three courses and dessert prepared by a French cook, English roaster, and Italian confectioner. 1877Raymond Statist. Mines & Mining 444 The roaster opens the first door that approaches him. 1880Act 43 & 44 Vict. c. 20 §2 ‘Malt trader’ means and includes..a roaster of malt.
fig.1677Otway Cheats of Scapin iii, Muster up all the Fidlers..in the Town; let not so much as the Roaster of Tunes, with his crack'd cymbal in a case, escape ye. 1746Brit. Mag. 6 A set of smart Fellows..call'd Roasters.
2. a. A kind of oven in which meat, etc., can be cooked by roasting.
1799Ct. Rumford Ess. x. ii, Meat of every kind..roasted in a roaster, is better tasted..than when roasted on a spit. 1807Southey Espriella's Lett. I. 142 Here a painted piece of beef swings in a roaster to exhibit the machine which turns it. 1842E. J. Lance Cottage Farmer 24 It is an oven, a roaster, or will boil any thing required for the house. 1884Health Exhib. Catal. 66/1 Pastry Oven and Roaster, with sliding shelves on brass rollers.
b. A furnace used in roasting ore.
1837Penny Cycl. VII. 502/1 Roasting... The furnaces in which it is performed are called roasters, and are of the same kind as the melting furnaces. 1882U.S. Rep. Prec. Met. 260 A 10-stamp mill and roaster..has reduced the greater portion of the ores.
attrib.1875Ure's Dict. Arts I. 918 This operation affords scoriæ, which..are known as roaster-slag.
c. An apparatus for roasting coffee-beans.
1837M. Donovan Dom. Econ. II. 339 The material of which the roaster is made..should be of such a nature as will not transmit the heat speedily from the fire to the coffee. 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Roaster, a circular iron vessel, which revolves on a pivot, for roasting coffee berries.
3. A pig, or other article of food, fit for roasting.
1690Locke Govt. i. vi. (Rtldg.) 57 The mothers..ceased to bring them any more roasters. a1722Lisle Husb. (1757) 475 It could not be expected that any of them [pigs] would be properly fat for roasters. 1814Sporting Mag. XLIII. 276 O, that beautiful little sow! what delightful roasters she produces. 1869Blackmore Lorna D. l, When we keep a roaster of the sucking pigs. 1890Stratford Her. 24 Oct. 6/3 He met the defendants each carrying some potatoes... When questioned..they replied that they thought there was no harm in taking ‘a few roasters’ home.
4. A very hot day with a scorching sun.
1874M. C. Explorers 147 It has been a regular roaster, and I have been out all day. 1893J. A. Barry Steve Brown's Bunyip 150 The day was a roaster for a tramp; but there was no help for it.
Senses 2 a–c in Dict. become 2 b–d. Add: [1.] b. spec. A manufacturer of coffee products; an industrial processor of raw coffee beans. Cf. coffee-roaster (a) s.v. coffee n. 5 b.
1894J. M. Walsh Coffee vi. 191 An experienced roaster can readily discern when the coffee is properly roasted, by the light bluish vapor. 1910Tea & Coffee Trade Jrnl. Jan. 27/1 The roaster..who had previously depended upon San Francisco, began purchasing coffee in Eastern cities. 1957Encycl. Brit. V. 946/2 Most roasters operating over larger areas..pack coffee by the vacuum process either in metal cans or in glass jars. 1973Times 18 Oct. (Brazil Suppl.) p. v/1 For six successive seasons new supplies have been below roasters' requirements. 1986Times 26 Aug. 16/2 Any sign of panic buying by one roaster could quickly spread through the industry.
[2.] a. A pan or dish in which meat, etc. may be roasted; a roasting-tin. Also roaster pan. orig. and chiefly N. Amer.
1658in Southold (N.Y.) Town Rec. (1882) I. 449 An Inventorie of the personall estate whereof Elizabeth Payne widdow dyed possest [includes]..a brush, a roster, [etc.]. 1841Southern Lit. Messenger VII. 662/1 There too lies a mutilated coffee-pot, a crownless hat and a lidless tin-roaster. 1942A. F. Harlow Weep no more, My Lady xvi. 285, I have a huge covered roaster for these big ones [sc. hams]. 1974Trafford Catal. Spring/Summer 795/2 Non-stick roaster with extra deep cover. 1987New Yorker 6 July 48/3 A Cookin' Good chicken baking..in a roaster pan. |