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- English Word Past Definition A former time or state; a state of things gone by.
- English Word Past Definition Beyond, in position, or degree; further than; beyond the reach or influence of.
- English Word Past Definition Beyond, in time; after; as, past the hour.
- English Word Past Definition Above; exceeding; more than.
- English Word Past Definition By; beyond; as, he ran past.
- English Word Paste Definition 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.
- English Word Paste Definition Specifically, in cookery, a dough prepared for the crust of pies and the like; pastry dough.
- English Word Paste Definition 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.
- English Word Paste Definition A highly refractive vitreous composition, variously colored, used in making imitations of precious stones or gems. See Strass.
- English Word Paste Definition A soft confection made of the inspissated juice of fruit, licorice, or the like, with sugar, etc.
- English Word Paste Definition The mineral substance in which other minerals are imbedded.
- English Word Paste Definition To unite with paste; to fasten or join by means of paste.
- English Word Pasteboard Definition A stiff thick kind of paper board, formed of several single sheets pasted one upon another, or of paper macerated and pressed into molds, etc.
- English Word Pasteboard Definition A board on which pastry dough is rolled; a molding board.
- English Word Pasted Definition of Paste
- English Word Pastel Definition A crayon made of a paste composed of a color ground with gum water.
- English Word Pastel Definition A plant affording a blue dye; the woad (Isatis tinctoria); also, the dye itself.
- English Word Paster Definition One who pastes; as, a paster in a government department.
- English Word Paster Definition A slip of paper, usually bearing a name, intended to be pasted by the voter, as a substitute, over another name on a printed ballot.
- English Word Pastern Definition The part of the foot of the horse, and allied animals, between the fetlock and the coffin joint. See Illust. of Horse.
- English Word Pastern Definition A shackle for horses while pasturing.
- English Word Pastern Definition A patten.
- English Word Pasteurism Definition A method of treatment, devised by Pasteur, for preventing certain diseases, as hydrophobia, by successive inoculations with an attenuated virus of gradually increasing strength.
- English Word Pasteurism Definition Pasteurization.
- English Word Pasteurization Definition A process devised by Pasteur for preventing or checking fermentation in fluids, such as wines, milk, etc., by exposure to a temperature of 140¡ F., thus destroying the vitality of the contained germs or ferments.
- English Word Pasteurize Definition To subject to pasteurization.
- English Word Pasteurize Definition To treat by pasteurism.
- English Word Pasticcio Definition A medley; an olio.
- English Word Pasticcio Definition A work of art imitating directly the work of another artist, or of more artists than one.
- English Word Pasticcio Definition A falsified work of art, as a vase or statue made up of parts of original works, with missing parts supplied.