roast meatn.

Brit.

/ˌrəʊst ˈmiːt/, U.S.

/ˌroʊst ˈmit/

Forms: see roast adj. and meat n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: roast adj., meat n.

Etymology: < roast adj. + meat n. Compare earlier roasted flesh (see quot. c1405 at roasted adj.), roast flesh (see quot. a1425 at roast adj.).

Meat cooked by or intended for roasting.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > meat dishes > [noun] > roasted meat

bredea1000

roasteda1398

roasta1400

Easter lambc1400

hasterya1475

roast meat1528

roast beef1564

rib roast1627

rôti1771

rosbif1822

Sunday joint1844

buccan1862

sauerbraten1889

crown roast1901

schooner on the rocks1916

porchetta1929

sour beef1935

siu mei1960

nyama choma1980

1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. L iiii^v A grene sauce to eate with roste meate [L cum assis comestibilis].

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 264/1 Roste meate, rost.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. iii. f. 13^v They fownde nother man nor woman but rostemeate enowgh.

1591 W. Garrard & R. Hitchcock Arte of Warre 14 Or that for rost meat he makes a spit.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy Democritus to Rdr. 8 They serue to put vnder pies,..and keepe rostemeat from burning.

1662 J. Strype in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) (Camden) 178 We have roast meat, dinner and supper.

1731 J. Pitts True & Faithful Acct. Mahometans (ed. 3) iii. 23 As for rost Meat, they cut the Flesh into small Pieces.

1765 T. Gray Shakespeare in Corr. Gray & W. Mason (1853) 340 18 Better the roast meat from the fire to save.

1841 A. Combe Physiol. Digestion (ed. 3) ii. iv. 290 To give a weak..invalid a dinner of beefsteaks or roast-meat.

1877 J. T. Stevens Domest. Econ. for Girls III. 148 Roast meat is more nutritive, owing to the retaining of those principles which, by boiling, are dispersed in the water.

1914 Times 30 Nov. 6/3 We showed them the roast meat, knowing it would make them wild.

1962 Sci. News-Let. 81 354/2 To these spacemen a thick slice of roast meat..would look mighty good.

2003 A. Capatti et al. Ital. Cuisine iv. 135 The meal continued with servings of roast meat and appetizers.

Phrases

†P1. to make roast meat of (also for): to kill or finish off; to burn. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > destroy or ruin a person

spillc950

amarOE

smitelOE

aspillc1175

mischievec1325

to bid (something) misadventurec1330

mara1375

fordoc1380

undo1390

wrack1564

to make roast meat of (also for)1565

wrake1567

wreck1590

speed1594

feeze1609

to do a person's business1667

cook1708

to settle a person's hash1795

diddle1806

to fix1836

raddle1951

the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by burning

to make roast meat of (also for)1565

necklace1986

1565 R. Shacklock tr. J. Osório Epist. to Quene of Eng. f. 60 Intendyng to make vs roste meate for the dyuell.

1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xvi. 22 Shee quickly poupt him, she made him roast-meate for wormes.

1679 C. Ness Distinct Disc. Antichrist 111 They shall make rost-meat of the whore.

1701 Laconics (new ed.) iii. 90 For all his pretended Meekness Calvin made Roast-meat of Servetus at Geneva for his Unorthodoxy.

1737 tr. K. L. von Pöllnitz Amusemens de Spa I. 37 Upon the Crutch of this Cane was represented a little Cupid, who was spitting Hearts near a Fire; and underneath was written, ‘I make Roast Meat of 'em’.

1830 W. G. T. Power Lost Heir & Predict. II. 122 The heat..threatened..to make roast meat of them.

1877 W. Kirby Chien d'Or xlvi. 501 Madame Fish would..make roast meat of you if she knew it!

P2. to cry roast meat: to announce a piece of private luck or good fortune, esp. foolishly; to boast. Now historical and rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > boast [verb (intransitive)] > of private good fortune

to cry roast meat1600

1600 I. H. tr. Z. Ursine Coll. Learned Disc. 229 If you would not crie rostmeat, you might haue fared much better.

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 209 At length the home-bred Chyna cryes roast-meat.

1673 W. Wycherley Gentleman Dancing-master i. ii Hark you, madame, can't you fare well but you must cry ‘Roast meat’?

1687 E. Settle Refl. Dryden's Plays 41 It being something Drydenish, Illnatured and unjauntee.., to fair well, and cry Roastmeat, especially to a Husbands face.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. iv. v. 27 To trumpet forth the Praises of such a Person, would, in the vulgar Phrase, be crying Roast-meat; and calling in Partakers of what they intend to apply solely to their own Use.

1764 K. O'Hara Midas iii. 48 Lay snug—far'd well—ne'er cried, roast meat, but chuckled.

1823 C. Lamb Christ's Hosp. in Elia 33 The foolish beast, not able to fare well but he must cry roast meat.

1887 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. VI. i. 168/3 To cry roast meat, not to be able to keep one's good fortune to one's self.

2000 Guardian (Nexis) 25 Mar. 5 ‘To cry roast meat’..was a proverb in Hogarth's time that meant to draw attention, obnoxiously and foolishly, to a piece of good fortune.

†P3. to give (a person) roast meat and beat (him, her, etc.) with the spit and variants: to do someone a good turn and then punish him or her for it. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde Pref. sig. b iv ^v Tauernes where all that eate roste meate are beaten with the spitte.

1615 J. Swetnam Araignm. Lewde, Idle, Froward, & Vnconstant Women ii. 16 For a moneths pleasure shee may hap to make thee goe stark naked, she will giue thee rostmeat, but she will beat thee with the spitte.

1674 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 296 He gave me roast meat and beat me with the spit.

1687 W. Penn Good Advice to Church of Eng. 44 Certainly she..shows her self an ill Courtier..first to give him Roast-Meat, then to beat him with the Spit.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew To give one Rost-meat, and Beat him with the Spit, to do one a Curtesy, and Twit or Upbraid him with it.

1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth III. 22 You give a Man Roast-meat and beat him with the Spit.

Compounds

C1. General attributive and objective, as roast meat cookery, roast meat seller, etc.

ΚΠ

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 150 They [sc. Persians] are no great Rost-meat-men.

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxxvii. 310 The Roast-meat Cookery of the Petit Chastelet, before the Cook-Shop.

1826 C. I. Johnstone Cook & Housewife's Man. ix. 208 A soup much better than what can be made from dripping or roast meat bones.

1856 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 444/1 Laundresses, brokers, roast-meat sellers, penknife makers, and others.

1913 D. R. Cole Sue Chuc xvi. 153 A roast-meat shop whose smoky interior was a harmony in browns.

2002 J. A. Karam Into the Breach iv. 63 Caught in the middle, the men feel like a roast-meat sandwich.

C2.

† roast meat apparel n. Obsolete = roast meat clothes n.

ΚΠ

c1680 Delectable Hist. Poor Robin iii. sig. A 3^v The next day appeared the number of two and twenty in their Roast-meat Apparel.

† roast meat attire n. Obsolete = roast meat clothes n.

ΚΠ

1710 Brit. Apollo 11–13 Sept. Dress'd in their Roast-Meat Attire, With Fob stor'd with Guineas.

† roast meat clothes n. Obsolete a person's best clothes; = Sunday clothes n. at Sunday n. and adv. Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific purpose > holiday

roast meat apparelc1680

roast meat clothes1699

resort clothes1909

resort wear1930

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Rost-meat-cloths, holiday-cloths.

1732 R. Dodsley Muse in Livery 54 All, old and young, in roastmeat cloaths, To Church repair, like belles and beaus.

1763 ‘T. Bobbin’ Toy-shop (new ed.) 110 I will that my Executors cause me to be drest in my Roast-Meat-Cloaths, lay me on a Bier, Stangs, or the like.

1850 St. James's Mag. Jan. 338 Roast meat clothes!.. And what fashion of wear may they be?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	roast meat
释义	roast meatn. Brit. /ˌrəʊst ˈmiːt/, U.S. /ˌroʊst ˈmit/ Forms: see roast adj. and meat n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: roast adj., meat n. Etymology: < roast adj. + meat n. Compare earlier roasted flesh (see quot. c1405 at roasted adj.), roast flesh (see quot. a1425 at roast adj.). Meat cooked by or intended for roasting. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > meat dishes > [noun] > roasted meat bredea1000 roasteda1398 roasta1400 Easter lambc1400 hasterya1475 roast meat1528 roast beef1564 rib roast1627 rôti1771 rosbif1822 Sunday joint1844 buccan1862 sauerbraten1889 crown roast1901 schooner on the rocks1916 porchetta1929 sour beef1935 siu mei1960 nyama choma1980 1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. L iiii^v A grene sauce to eate with roste meate [L cum assis comestibilis]. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 264/1 Roste meate, rost. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. iii. f. 13^v They fownde nother man nor woman but rostemeate enowgh. 1591 W. Garrard & R. Hitchcock Arte of Warre 14 Or that for rost meat he makes a spit. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy Democritus to Rdr. 8 They serue to put vnder pies,..and keepe rostemeat from burning. 1662 J. Strype in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) (Camden) 178 We have roast meat, dinner and supper. 1731 J. Pitts True & Faithful Acct. Mahometans (ed. 3) iii. 23 As for rost Meat, they cut the Flesh into small Pieces. 1765 T. Gray Shakespeare in Corr. Gray & W. Mason (1853) 340 18 Better the roast meat from the fire to save. 1841 A. Combe Physiol. Digestion (ed. 3) ii. iv. 290 To give a weak..invalid a dinner of beefsteaks or roast-meat. 1877 J. T. Stevens Domest. Econ. for Girls III. 148 Roast meat is more nutritive, owing to the retaining of those principles which, by boiling, are dispersed in the water. 1914 Times 30 Nov. 6/3 We showed them the roast meat, knowing it would make them wild. 1962 Sci. News-Let. 81 354/2 To these spacemen a thick slice of roast meat..would look mighty good. 2003 A. Capatti et al. Ital. Cuisine iv. 135 The meal continued with servings of roast meat and appetizers. Phrases †P1. to make roast meat of (also for): to kill or finish off; to burn. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > destroy or ruin a person spillc950 amarOE smitelOE aspillc1175 mischievec1325 to bid (something) misadventurec1330 mara1375 fordoc1380 undo1390 wrack1564 to make roast meat of (also for)1565 wrake1567 wreck1590 speed1594 feeze1609 to do a person's business1667 cook1708 to settle a person's hash1795 diddle1806 to fix1836 raddle1951 the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by burning to make roast meat of (also for)1565 necklace1986 1565 R. Shacklock tr. J. Osório Epist. to Quene of Eng. f. 60 Intendyng to make vs roste meate for the dyuell. 1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xvi. 22 Shee quickly poupt him, she made him roast-meate for wormes. View more context for this quotation 1679 C. Ness Distinct Disc. Antichrist 111 They shall make rost-meat of the whore. 1701 Laconics (new ed.) iii. 90 For all his pretended Meekness Calvin made Roast-meat of Servetus at Geneva for his Unorthodoxy. 1737 tr. K. L. von Pöllnitz Amusemens de Spa I. 37 Upon the Crutch of this Cane was represented a little Cupid, who was spitting Hearts near a Fire; and underneath was written, ‘I make Roast Meat of 'em’. 1830 W. G. T. Power Lost Heir & Predict. II. 122 The heat..threatened..to make roast meat of them. 1877 W. Kirby Chien d'Or xlvi. 501 Madame Fish would..make roast meat of you if she knew it! P2. to cry roast meat: to announce a piece of private luck or good fortune, esp. foolishly; to boast. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > boast [verb (intransitive)] > of private good fortune to cry roast meat1600 1600 I. H. tr. Z. Ursine Coll. Learned Disc. 229 If you would not crie rostmeat, you might haue fared much better. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 209 At length the home-bred Chyna cryes roast-meat. 1673 W. Wycherley Gentleman Dancing-master i. ii Hark you, madame, can't you fare well but you must cry ‘Roast meat’? 1687 E. Settle Refl. Dryden's Plays 41 It being something Drydenish, Illnatured and unjauntee.., to fair well, and cry Roastmeat, especially to a Husbands face. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. iv. v. 27 To trumpet forth the Praises of such a Person, would, in the vulgar Phrase, be crying Roast-meat; and calling in Partakers of what they intend to apply solely to their own Use. View more context for this quotation 1764 K. O'Hara Midas iii. 48 Lay snug—far'd well—ne'er cried, roast meat, but chuckled. 1823 C. Lamb Christ's Hosp. in Elia 33 The foolish beast, not able to fare well but he must cry roast meat. 1887 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. VI. i. 168/3 To cry roast meat, not to be able to keep one's good fortune to one's self. 2000 Guardian (Nexis) 25 Mar. 5 ‘To cry roast meat’..was a proverb in Hogarth's time that meant to draw attention, obnoxiously and foolishly, to a piece of good fortune. †P3. to give (a person) roast meat and beat (him, her, etc.) with the spit and variants: to do someone a good turn and then punish him or her for it. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde Pref. sig. b iv ^v Tauernes where all that eate roste meate are beaten with the spitte. 1615 J. Swetnam Araignm. Lewde, Idle, Froward, & Vnconstant Women ii. 16 For a moneths pleasure shee may hap to make thee goe stark naked, she will giue thee rostmeat, but she will beat thee with the spitte. 1674 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 296 He gave me roast meat and beat me with the spit. 1687 W. Penn Good Advice to Church of Eng. 44 Certainly she..shows her self an ill Courtier..first to give him Roast-Meat, then to beat him with the Spit. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew To give one Rost-meat, and Beat him with the Spit, to do one a Curtesy, and Twit or Upbraid him with it. 1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth III. 22 You give a Man Roast-meat and beat him with the Spit. Compounds C1. General attributive and objective, as roast meat cookery, roast meat seller, etc. ΚΠ 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 150 They [sc. Persians] are no great Rost-meat-men. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxxvii. 310 The Roast-meat Cookery of the Petit Chastelet, before the Cook-Shop. 1826 C. I. Johnstone Cook & Housewife's Man. ix. 208 A soup much better than what can be made from dripping or roast meat bones. 1856 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 444/1 Laundresses, brokers, roast-meat sellers, penknife makers, and others. 1913 D. R. Cole Sue Chuc xvi. 153 A roast-meat shop whose smoky interior was a harmony in browns. 2002 J. A. Karam Into the Breach iv. 63 Caught in the middle, the men feel like a roast-meat sandwich. C2. † roast meat apparel n. Obsolete = roast meat clothes n. ΚΠ c1680 Delectable Hist. Poor Robin iii. sig. A 3^v The next day appeared the number of two and twenty in their Roast-meat Apparel. † roast meat attire n. Obsolete = roast meat clothes n. ΚΠ 1710 Brit. Apollo 11–13 Sept. Dress'd in their Roast-Meat Attire, With Fob stor'd with Guineas. † roast meat clothes n. Obsolete a person's best clothes; = Sunday clothes n. at Sunday n. and adv. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific purpose > holiday roast meat apparelc1680 roast meat clothes1699 resort clothes1909 resort wear1930 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Rost-meat-cloths, holiday-cloths. 1732 R. Dodsley Muse in Livery 54 All, old and young, in roastmeat cloaths, To Church repair, like belles and beaus. 1763 ‘T. Bobbin’ Toy-shop (new ed.) 110 I will that my Executors cause me to be drest in my Roast-Meat-Cloaths, lay me on a Bier, Stangs, or the like. 1850 St. James's Mag. Jan. 338 Roast meat clothes!.. And what fashion of wear may they be? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1528
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