Middle English Dictionary Entry
tōst n.
Entry Info
| Forms | tōst n. Also toste. |
| Etymology | From tōsten v.; also cp. OF tostee n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A slice or piece of browned bread; also, toasted bread, toast; also as a type of something small and worthless [quot. ?a1475]; ~ iren, an iron instrument used for toasting something over a fire: ?a gridiron; ?a toasting fork; ~ real, the name of a culinary dish.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)161b/b : In..ministracioun of farmacie it is to be war þat he vomet it nouȝt..and þat wt..chewingez of appellez & odoryng of tostez infused in vinegre.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)91b/b : Jn case þat þe pacient haue grete þriste, a man maie lefullie let him drinke a litille wyne with a toste.
- ?c1425 Arun.Cook.Recipes (Arun 334)445 : Toste to Potage: Take wyn and honey..sethe hit welle..take and toste bredde..and poure the sewe above.
- ?c1425 Arun.Cook.Recipes (Arun 334)471 : Tost Rialle: Take qwyte bred and make therof trenchours, and tost hom..and take sugre plate and cut hit in losynge wyse..and the..ende plant in the tost aboven the trenchours.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)497 : Toost, of brede: Tostus, tosta.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)12 : Oyle soppys: Take..oynonys..Stale Ale..Oyle fryid..let boyle alle to-gederys..an serve forth alle hot as tostes.
- (1468) Will York in Sur.Soc.45161 : J tost-iryn et j scomour ferri, xvj d.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)173/133 : In sete now am I sett as kynge of myghtys most..Þer is no lord lyke on lyve to me wurth a toost.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)129a : A Tostyrn [Monson: a Toste-yren]: Ossatorium [Monson: assatorium].