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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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TOAST, v.t. [L. tostus.]
TOAST, n. Bread dried and scorched by the fire; or such bread dipped in melted butter, or in some liquor. Dry toast is bread scorched, or it is scorched bread with butter spread upon it. Soft toast is made by immersing toasted bread in melted butter, and called dipped toast.
To dry and brown by the heat of a fire] as, to
toast bread.
To warm thoroughly; as, to toast the
feet.
To name when a health is proposed to be drunk;
to drink to the health, or in honor, of; as, to toast a
lady.
Bread dried and browned
before a fire, usually in slices; also, a kind of food prepared by putting
slices of toasted bread into milk, gravy, etc.
My sober evening let the tankard bless, A lady in honor of whom persons or a company are
invited to drink; -- so called because toasts were formerly put into the
liquor, as a great delicacy.
It now came to the time of Mr. Jones to give a toast . . . who could not refrain from mentioning his dear Sophia. Fielding. Hence, any person, especially a person of
distinction, in honor of whom a health is drunk; hence, also, anything so
commemorated; a sentiment, as "The land we live in," "The day we
celebrate," etc.
Toast rack, a small rack or stand for a table, having partitions for holding slices of dry toast. | ||||||||