| Paste | n. [ OF. paste, F. pâte, L. pasta, fr. Gr. &unr_; barley broth; cf. &unr_; barley porridge, &unr_; sprinkled with salt, &unr_; to sprinkle. Cf. Pasty, n., Patty. ] 1. A soft composition, as of flour moistened with water or milk, or of earth moistened to the consistence of dough, as in making potter's ware. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Specifically, in cookery, a dough prepared for the crust of pies and the like; pastry dough. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. A kind of cement made of flour and water, starch and water, or the like, -- used for uniting paper or other substances, as in bookbinding, etc., -- also used in calico printing as a vehicle for mordant or color. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. A highly refractive vitreous composition, variously colored, used in making imitations of precious stones or gems. See Strass. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. A soft confection made of the inspissated juice of fruit, licorice, or the like, with sugar, etc. [ 1913 Webster ] 6. (Min.) The mineral substance in which other minerals are imbedded. [ 1913 Webster ]
Paste eel (Zool.), the vinegar eel. See under Vinegar. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | Paste | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Pasting. ] To unite with paste; to fasten or join by means of paste. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Pasteboard | n. 1. A stiff thick kind of paper board, formed of several single sheets pasted one upon another, or of paper macerated and pressed into molds, etc. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Cookery) A board on which pastry dough is rolled; a molding board. [ 1913 Webster ] | | pasted | adj. Affixed with glue or paste.
Syn. -- glued, stuck to(predicate). [ WordNet 1.5 ] | | Pastel | n. [ F.; cf. It. pastello. Cf. Pastil. ] 1. A crayon made of a paste composed of a color ground with gum water. [ Sometimes incorrectly written pastil. ] “Charming heads in pastel.” W. Black. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Bot.) A plant affording a blue dye; the woad (Isatis tinctoria); also, the dye itself. [ 1913 Webster ] [ 1913 Webster ] | | Paster | n. 1. One who pastes; as, a paster in a government department. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A slip of paper, usually bearing a name, intended to be pasted by the voter, as a substitute, over another name on a printed ballot. [ Cant, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ] | | Pastern | n. [ Of. pasturon, F. pâturon, fr. OF. pasture a tether, for beasts while pasturing; prop., a pasturing. See Pasture. ] 1. The part of the foot of the horse, and allied animals, between the fetlock and the coffin joint. See Illust. of Horse. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ The upper bone, or phalanx, of the foot is called the great pastern bone; the second, the small pastern bone; and the third, in the hoof, the coffin bone. [ 1913 Webster ]
Pastern joint, the joint in the hoof of the horse, and allied animals, between the great and small pastern bones. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A shackle for horses while pasturing. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. A patten. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] | | paste-up | n. A composition of a flat object on a board or other backing; as, they showed him a paste-up of the book jacket. [ WordNet 1.5 ] | | pasteurellosis | n. An acute infectious disease characterized by pneumonia and blood infection.
Syn. -- hemorrhagic septicemia. [ WordNet 1.5 ] | | Pasteurian | prop. a. Of or pertaining to Louis Pasteur. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
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