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Definitions for pasty
ˈpæs tipasty

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. pastynoun

    small meat pie or turnover

  2. pastyadjective

    (usually used in the plural) one of a pair of adhesive patches worn to cover the nipples of exotic dancers and striptease performers

  3. pasty, pastelikeadjective

    resembling paste in color; pallid

    "he looked pasty and red-eyed"; "a complexion that had been pastelike was now chalky white"

  4. gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, sticky, viscid, viscousadjective

    having the sticky properties of an adhesive

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Pastynoun

    A pye of crust raised without a dish.

    Etymology: paste, French.

    Of the paste a coffin will I rear,
    And make two pasties of your shameful heads. William Shakespeare.

    I will confess what I know; if ye pinch me like a pasty, I can say no more. William Shakespeare.

    If you’d fright an alderman and mayor,
    Within a pasty lodge a living hare. King.

    A man of sober life,
    Not quite a madman, though a pasty fell,
    And much too wise to walk into a well. Alexander Pope.

Wikipedia

  1. Pasty

    A pasty () is a British baked pastry, a traditional variety of which is particularly associated with Cornwall, South West England, but has spread all over the British Isles. It is made by placing an uncooked filling, typically meat and vegetables, on one half of a flat shortcrust pastry circle, folding the pastry in half to wrap the filling in a semicircle and crimping the curved edge to form a seal before baking. The traditional Cornish pasty, which since 2011 has had Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) status in Europe, is filled with beef, sliced or diced potato, swede (also known as yellow turnip or rutabaga – referred to in Cornwall and other parts of the West Country as turnip) and onion, seasoned with salt and pepper, and baked. Today, the pasty is the food most associated with Cornwall. It is a traditional dish and accounts for 6% of the Cornish food economy. Pasties with many different fillings are made, and some shops specialise in selling pasties. The origins of the pasty are unclear, though there are many references to them throughout historical documents and fiction. The pasty is now popular worldwide because of the spread of Cornish miners and sailors from across Cornwall, and variations can be found in Australia, Mexico, the United States, Ulster and elsewhere. Pasties resemble turnovers from many other cuisines and cultures, including the bridie in Scotland, empanada in Spanish-speaking countries, pirog in Eastern Europe, samsa in Central Asia, curry puff in Southeast Asia, and shaobing in China.

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  1. pasty

    A pasty is a type of baked pastry typically filled with meat and vegetables. It is usually semicircular in shape, with the filling enclosed within a folded pastry crust. The pasty is traditionally associated with Cornwall in the United Kingdom, but variants exist in different cuisines around the world. Additionally, the term 'pasty' can also refer to a complexion that is pale and unhealthy-looking.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pastyadjective

    like paste, as in color, softness, stickness

  2. Pastynoun

    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

  3. Etymology: [OF. past, F. pt. See Paste, and cf. Patty.]

Wikidata

  1. Pasty

    A pasty, is a baked pastry, a traditional variety of which is particularly associated with Cornwall, the westernmost county in England. It is made by placing uncooked filling typically of meat and vegetables, without meat in vegetarian versions, on a flat pastry circle and folding it to wrap the filling, crimping the edge to form a seal. After baking, the result is a raised semicircular comestible. The traditional Cornish pasty, which has Protected Geographical Indication status in Europe, is filled with beef, sliced or diced potato, swede and onion, seasoned with salt and pepper, and is baked. Today, the pasty is the food most associated with Cornwall, it is regarded as the national dish, and it accounts for 6% of the Cornish food economy. Pasties with many different fillings are made; some shops specialise in selling all sorts of pasties. The origins of the pasty are unclear, though there are many references to them throughout historical documents and fiction. The pasty is now popular world-wide due to the spread of Cornish miners, and variations can be found in Australia, the United States, Mexico and elsewhere.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Pasty

    pās′ti, adj. like paste.—n. a small pie of meat and crust baked without a dish.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pasty in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pasty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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