c1430 (E.E.T.S.) 12 Oyle Soppys..caste þer-to Safroune, powder Pepyr, Sugre, and Salt, an serue forth alle hote as tostes .

c1450 xix. (1841) 183 Ther is no lord lyke on lyve to me wurthe a toost .

?1541 R. Copland iv. sig. Nj Gyue hym a toste with wyne.

?1573 L. Lloyd f. 46v Alphonsus..tooke a toaste out of his cuppe, and cast it to the Dogge.

a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. v. 3 Go, fetch me a quart of Sacke, put a tost in't.

1617 F. Moryson iii. 53 All within the sound of Bow Bell, are in reproch called Cocknies, and eaters of buttered tostes .

1655 J. Howell xli. 96 This drink..must be attended with a brown tost .

1709 No. 24 A Toast in a cold Morning, heightened by Nutmeg, and sweetn'd with Sugar, has for many Ages been given to our Rural Dispensers of Justice, before they enter'd upon Causes.

1735 at China A very dry toast .

1769 E. Raffald xii. 265 Break your Eggs carefully..and let them boil two Minutes, then..lay them on buttered Toasts .

1838 C. Dickens 1 Feb. (1965) I. 366 We have had for breakfast, toasts , cakes, a yorkshire pie [etc.].