Paste
[peɪst] or [pest]
Definition
(noun.) an adhesive made from water and flour or starch; used on paper and paperboard.
(noun.) any mixture of a soft and malleable consistency.
(noun.) a hard, brilliant lead glass that is used in making artificial jewelry.
(verb.) cover the surface of; 'paste the wall with burlap'.
(verb.) hit with the fists; 'He pasted his opponent'.
Checker: Nathan--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) Specifically, in cookery, a dough prepared for the crust of pies and the like; pastry dough.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A highly refractive vitreous composition, variously colored, used in making imitations of precious stones or gems. See Strass.
(n.) A soft confection made of the inspissated juice of fruit, licorice, or the like, with sugar, etc.
(n.) The mineral substance in which other minerals are imbedded.
(v. t.) To unite with paste; to fasten or join by means of paste.
Typist: Terrence
Definition
n. a mass of anything made soft by wetting: flour and water forming dough for pies &c.: a cement made of flour water &c.: a fine kind of glass for making artificial gems.—v.t. to fasten with paste.—n. Paste′board a stiff board made of sheets of paper pasted together &c.—adj. made of such unsubstantial.
Checker: Sophia
Examples
- Some prefer a preparation in the form of a paste, as follows: =Cherry Tooth Paste. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The following is a good one: Make a paste of gum tragacanth and add a little oil of wintergreen. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- I ground and beat them between two stones; then took water, and made them into a paste or cake, which I toasted at the fire and eat warm with milk. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- This paste answers a variety of purposes. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- If this substance is not available, flour paste, lard, sweet oil, or vaseline may be used. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Arthur made no remark upon it, and repaired to his mother's room, where Mr Casby and Flora had been taking tea, anchovy paste, and hot buttered toast. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Honey, glycerine, and mucilage acacia equal quantities of each sufficient to make into a paste of the desired consistence. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- He showed me the silhouettes before he pasted them on white paper and handed them to the girls. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- After weeks of work he brought his teacher a remarkably exact map of the world, drawn to scale, and outlined in ink on paper pasted on linen, and fastened on two rollers. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- There was a bill, pasted on the door-post, announcing a room to let on the second floor. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The quadruple press of 1887 turned out eight-page papers at a running speed of 18,000 per hour, these being cut, pasted and folded ready for the carrier or the mails. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The charge of a Leyden jar was sent through strips of tin foil, pasted on to a flat piece of glass, so as to form several lines, joined at the ends alternately into a continuous circuit. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The addition of 1 ounce of powdered colocynth to the above amount will effectually banish all insects and worms from the walls where the paper is pasted. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The lines are all brown, and the pictures are placed opposite each other, with their blank backs pasted together, so they form one strong leaf. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
Typist: Sanford