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Webster 1913 Edition


Paste

Paste

(pāst)
,
Noun.
[OF.
paste
, F.
pâte
, L.
pasta
, fr. Gr. [GREEK] barley broth; cf. [GREEK] barley porridge, [GREEK] sprinkled with salt, [GREEK] to sprinkle. Cf.
Pasty
,
Noun.
,
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.
2.
Specifically, in cookery, a dough prepared for the crust of pies and the like; pastry dough.
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.
4.
A highly refractive vitreous composition, variously colored, used in making imitations of precious stones or gems. See
Strass
.
5.
A soft confection made of the inspissated juice of fruit, licorice, or the like, with sugar, etc.
6.
(Min.)
The mineral substance in which other minerals are imbedded.
Paste eel
(Zool.)
,
the vinegar eel. See under
Vinegar
.

Paste

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pasted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Pasting
.]
To unite with paste; to fasten or join by means of paste.

Webster 1828 Edition


Paste

PASTE

,
Noun.
[L. pistus, or Gr. to sprinkle, or some root which signifies to mix and knead.]
1.
A soft composition of substances, as flour moistened with water or milk and kneaded, or any kind of earth moistened and formed to the consistence of dough. Paste made of flour is used in cookery; paste made of flour or earth, is used in various arts and manufactures, as a cement.
2.
An artificial mixture in imitation of precious stones or gems, used in the glass trade.
3.
In mineralogy, the mineral substance in which other minerals are imbedded.

PASTE

,
Verb.
T.
To unite or cement with paste; to fasten with paste.

Definition 2024


pasté

pasté

See also: paste, Paste, paște, and Paște

Old French

Noun

pasté m (oblique plural pastez, nominative singular pastez, nominative plural pasté)

  1. pie or a similar baked good

Descendants


Spanish

Verb

pasté

  1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of pastar.