(tōst) v.t.
1. To brown before or over a fire; especially, to brown (bread or cheese) before a fire or in a toaster.
2. To warm thoroughly before a fire.
—v.i.
3. To become warm or toasted.
—noun Sliced bread browned in a toaster or at a fire; toasted bread. [<OF toster roast, grill <L tostus <torrere parch, roast]

(tōst) noun
1. The act of drinking to someone's health or to some sentiment.
2. The person or sentiment named in thus drinking: She was the toast of the town.
—v.t. To drink to the health of or in honor of.
—v.t. To drink a toast or toasts. [<TOAST¹ in obs. sense of “a spiced piece of toast put in a drink to flavor it”]