資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Toasting \Toast"ing\,
   a. & n. from {Toast}, v.

   {Toasting fork}, a long-handled fork for toasting bread,
      cheese, or the like, by the fire.

Toast \Toast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Toasted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Toasting}.] [OF. toster to roast, toast, fr. L. torrere,
   tostum, to parch, roast. See {Torrid}.]
   1. To dry and brown by the heat of a fire; as, to toast
      bread.

   2. To warm thoroughly; as, to toast the feet.

   3. To name when a health is proposed to be drunk; to drink to
      the health, or in honor, of; as, to toast a lady.

資料來源 : WordNet®

toasting
     n : cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill;
         "proper toasting should brown both sides of a piece of
         bread" [syn: {browning}]