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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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

adj. Affixed with glue or paste.
Syn. -- glued, stuck to(predicate). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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 ]

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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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

n. An acute infectious disease characterized by pneumonia and blood infection.
Syn. -- hemorrhagic septicemia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. a. Of or pertaining to Louis Pasteur. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Fr. Pasteur, a French scientist. ] 1. A method of treatment, devised by Pasteur, for preventing certain diseases, as hydrophobia, by successive inoculations with an attenuated virus of gradually increasing strength. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pasteurization. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A process devised by Pasteur for preventing or checking fermentation in fluids, such as wines, milk, etc., by exposure to a temperature of 140° F., thus destroying the vitality of the contained microorganisms. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To subject to pasteurization. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To treat by pasteurism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One that Pasteurizes, specif. an apparatus for heating and agitating, fluid. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

(Biol.) An artificial nutrient fluid invented by Pasteur for the study of alcoholic fermentation, but used also for the cultivation of bacteria and other organisms. It contains all the elements of protoplasm, and was originally made of the ash of yeast, some ammonia compound, sugar, and water. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. One who takes a repast. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]