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noun

Paste 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.

Specifically, in cookery, a dough prepared for the crust of pies and the like; pastry dough.

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.

A highly refractive vitreous composition, variously colored, used in making imitations of precious stones or gems. See Strass.

A soft confection made of the inspissated juice of fruit, licorice, or the like, with sugar, etc.

(Min.) The mineral substance in which other minerals are imbedded.

Paste eel (Zool.), the vinegar eel. See under Vinegar.

verb

Paste v. t. (past & past part. pasted; pres. part. pasting) To unite with paste; to fasten or join by means of paste.

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Etymology of 'Paste'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Paste" Quotes from Famous Books

... noticed that the bookshelves, reaching part way to the ceiling, were shrouded in sheets. Also she encountered a pair of sawhorses overlaid with boards, upon which were rolls of green flock paper, several pairs of shears, a bucket of paste, a large, flat brush, a knife and ...

— The Green Mouse • Robert W. Chambers

... as you can of the streets of your town or any other town and paste them in your note-book. Get some pictures of country roads and paste ...

— Where We Live - A Home Geography • Emilie Van Beil Jacobs

... of silver chlorid (AgCl) on a piece of blotting paper or on a paper towel, so that the water will be absorbed. Spread the remaining white paste of silver chlorid (AgCl) out over the blotter as well as you can. Cover part of it with a key (or anything that will shut off the light), and leave the other part exposed. If the sun is shining, put the blotter in the sunlight for 5 minutes. Otherwise, ...

— Common Science • Carleton W. Washburne

... they had made a carnival of it, and tricked themselves out in gala attire; no wonder they had brought a paste tiara and crowned Margot—Margot, who was in flaming red to-night, and looked a devil's daughter indeed, with her fire-like sequins and her red ankles twinkling as she threw herself into the thick of the dance and kicked, and whirled, and flung her bare arms ...

— Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces • Thomas W. Hanshew

... having made (to use his own phrase) 'some suppressions'; having, in fact, maliciously tampered with the text and falsified the tone, according to M. Ollivier and other French writers. His official organ, the North German Gazette, was directed to print off a supplement and to paste it up all over Berlin, and copies of this supplement were distributed gratis in the streets. A thrill of patriotic enthusiasm electrified the nation, who were unanimous in applauding the king in defying the French, and ...

— Studies in Literature and History • Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall

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