English Dictionary: Pasty | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for Pasty | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pasty \Pas"ty\, a. Like paste, as in color, softness, stickness. [bd]A pasty complexion.[b8] --G. Eliot. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pasty \Pas"ty\, n.; pl. {Pasties}. [OF. past[82], F. p[83]t[82]. See {Paste}, and cf. {Patty}.] A pie consisting usually of meat wholly surrounded with a crust made of a sheet of paste, and often baked without a dish; a meat pie. [bd]If ye pinch me like a pasty.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Apple pasties.[b8] --Dickens. A large pasty baked in a pewter platter. --Sir W. Scott. |