Historical Examples. 1  I now got my wages for the canton voyage; but they lasted me only a fortnight! 2  We arrived at canton in due time, and found our cargo ready for us. 3  On her arrival at canton, I told the captain my views, and he allowed me to go. 4  The largest is that at Honan, the southern suburb of canton.
cook definition: The definition of a cook is a person who prepares food professionally for a living. (noun) A chef in a restaurant who prepares food for a living is an example of a cook....
To cook by exposure to radiant heat before a fire; as, to roast meat on a spit, or in an oven open toward the fire and having reflecting surfaces within; also, to cook in a close oven. To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.; as, to roast a potato in ashes.In eggs boiled and roasted there is scarce difference to be discerned. [BAcon. To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts. Hence, to heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn. Roastedin wrath and fire.