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an adhesive made from water and flour or starch; used on paper and paperboard

hit with the fists; "He pasted his opponent"

a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers

any mixture of a soft and malleable consistency

cover the surface of; "paste the wall with burlap"

an adhesive made from water and flour or starch; used on paper and paperboard

hit with the fists; "He pasted his opponent"

a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers

any mixture of a soft and malleable consistency

cover the surface of; "paste the wall with burlap"

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.

Specifically, in cookery, a dough prepared for the crust of pies and the like; pastry dough.

A highly refractive vitreous composition, variously colored, used in making imitations of precious stones or gems. See Strass.

A soft confection made of the inspissated juice of fruit, licorice, or the like, with sugar, etc.

The mineral substance in which other minerals are imbedded.

To unite with paste; to fasten or join by means of paste.

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.

Specifically, in cookery, a dough prepared for the crust of pies and the like; pastry dough.

A highly refractive vitreous composition, variously colored, used in making imitations of precious stones or gems. See Strass.

A soft confection made of the inspissated juice of fruit, licorice, or the like, with sugar, etc.

The mineral substance in which other minerals are imbedded.

To unite with paste; to fasten or join by means of paste.

A mixture of flour, etc., with water, used for joining or sticking things together; dough for pies, etc.; a mixture used for making artificial gems.

To fasten with a sticky mixture.

An exceedingly thick sticky fluid.

Dough prepared for pies, etc.: a cement of flour and water: anything mixed up to a viscous consistency: a fine kind of glass for making artificial gems.

To fasten with paste.

Dough; viscous cement; artificial gems.

To stick with paste.

An adhesive mixture, as of flour and water; moist plastic substance.

A composition for making false gems.

A viscid, tenacious mixture. Also, a compound medicine, like the pastil, but less consistent, flexible, less saccha-rine, and more mucilaginous. A convenient paste for attaching labels to glass, or for other services, is made of gum tragacanth and water, to which alum is added.

A soft viscid substance; often an escharotic mixture.

A soft, moist pulling mass. [Gr.]

A medicinal preparation of the consistence of p. (1st def.) or of dough, used externally. [Gr.]

A harder (sometimes solid) preparation for internal use, the base of which is gum or sugar. The National Formulary contains formulas for pastes of dextrin, ichthyol, resorcin, zinc, and sulphurated zinc [Gr.]

n. [Latin] A soft composition, as of flour moistened with water or milk;—dough prepared for pies and the like;—a fine kind of glass, used in making imitations of precious stones or gems;—a mineral substance in which other minerals are found embedded.