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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 1035 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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TOAST , a slice of

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BREAD

bread scorched brown on the two surfaces by the

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HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat of a

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FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire . The word was borrowed from the O . Fr. toste,

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LAT

Lat. torrere, tostum, to scorch,

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BURN, RICHARD (1709-1785)

burn . It was formerly the

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CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom to have pieces of toast floating in many kinds of liquor, especially when drunk hot . It is said to be from this custom that the word is used of the calling upon a

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COMPANY

company to drink the

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HEALTH

health of some

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PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person, institution or cause (see HEALTH) .

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