PASTILY

Etymology

Adverb

pastily (comparative more pastily, superlative most pastily)

In a pasty manner.

Source: Wiktionary


PASTY

Pas"ty, a.

Definition: Like paste, as in color, softness, stickness. "A pasty complexion." G. Eliot.

Pas"ty, n.; pl. Pasties. Etym: [OF. pasté, F. pâté. See Paste, and cf. Patty.]

Definition: A pie consisting usually of meat wholly surrounded with a crust made of a sheet of paste, and often baked without a dish; a meat pie. "If ye pinch me like a pasty." Shak. "Apple pasties." Dickens. A large pasty baked in a pewter platter. Sir W. Scott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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