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

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

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)