Lexicographical Neighbors of Rosting
Literary usage of Rosting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Humour, Wit, & Satire of the Seventeenth Century by John Ashton (1883)
"... and Jacke his scholler should rost them, and as they were rosting, Scogin went
to the fire to warme him, and as the eggs were ..."
2. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"... or by tying to a Spit and whipping. rosting at the fire ; sometimes by breaking
and wresting rosting. one of their ribs with a paire of hot Tongs, ..."
3. Hakluytus Posthumus, Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"... or by tying to a Spit and whipping- rosting at the fire ; sometimes by breaking
and wresting rosting. one of their ribs with a paire of hot Tongs, ..."
4. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"... for it cannot be spoiled either by smoke or too much heate : for they are all
night rosting it by a gentle fire, and in the morning they set it to sale. ..."
5. History of the Counties of Ayr and Wigton by James Paterson (1863)
"When you go home your wife is expecting you to supper; and ther is a hen rosting
at the fire for yon, but do not taste it, for it is poisoned. ..."
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