Pāste1, n.
n. [O. Fr. paste, N. Fr. pâte, Pr., Sp., Pg., & It. pasta, from Lat. pastus, pasture, food, from pascere, to feed. Cf. PASTIL.]
Sense 1. A soft composition of substances, as flour moistened with water or milk and kneaded, or earth moistened and formed to the consistence of dough, as in making potter’s ware.
Sense 2. Dough prepared for pies, and the like; dough used in the preparation of pastry.
Sense 3. A kind of cement made of flour and water boiled, used for uniting paper or other substances.
Sense 4. A fine and brilliant kind of glass, of various shades of color, used in making imitations of precious stones or gems; a factitious gem.
Sense 5. (Min.) The mineral substance in which other minerals are imbedded. [Rare.]
Sense 6. (Com.) The inspissated juice of licorice and some other vegetables. Simmonds.