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Pasty
Pronunciation : Pas"ty
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Like paste, as in color, softness, stickness. "A pasty complexion." G. Eliot.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Pas"ty
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [OF. past?, F. p?t?. See Paste, and cf. Patty.]
Definition : Defn: 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. "If ye pinch me like a pasty." Shak. "Apple pasties." Dickens. A large pasty baked in a pewter platter. Sir W. Scott.
pl. Pasties.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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