CUSTARDS

Proper noun

Custards

plural of Custard

Noun

custards

plural of custard

Source: Wiktionary


CUSTARD

Cus"tard (ks"trd), n. Etym: [Prob. the same word as OE. crustade, crustate, a pie made with a crust, fr. L. crustatus covered with a crust, p. p. of crustare, fr. crusta crust; cf. OF. croustade pasty, It. crostata, or F. coutarde. See Crust, and cf. Crustated.]

Definition: A mixture of milk and eggs, sweetened, and baked or boiled. Custard apple (Bot.), a low tree or shrub of tropical America, including several species of Anona (A. squamosa, reticulata, etc.), having a roundish or ovate fruit the size of a small orange, containing a soft, yellowish, edible pulp.

– Custard coffin, pastry, or crust, which covers or coffins a custard [Obs.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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IMPROVISED

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