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rost¹

  • /ɹɔst/ Orkney

noun rosts

  1. Orkney, Scotland, alternative, especially Alternative form of roust (“strong tide or current”).

rost²

  • /ɹəʊst/

verb rosts · rosting · rosted

  1. Early, Modern, obsolete Obsolete form of roast 1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 82-85, Well Masters if you will eate nothing take away: Come, what doo we to passe away the time? Lay a crab in the fire to rost for Lambes-wooll […]

noun rosts

  1. countable, obsolete, uncountable Obsolete form of roast I love no roſt, but a nut-brown toſte, and a crab layde in the fyre, / A lytle bread ſhall do me stead, much breade I not deſyre.

adjective

  1. not comparable, obsolete Obsolete form of roast The secund covrse / Creme off almonds Rost coney plouers small byrds & custard

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@misc{rost_2026,
  title = {rost},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rost},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}