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Bygone. [Obs.] Shak.

The second lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also hyosternum.

The act of making into paste; that which is formed into a paste or mixture; specifically, a combination of different substances by means of cements.

To knead; to make into paste; to concrete. "Blood . . . baked and impasted." Shak.

The laying on of colors to produce impasto.

The thickness of the layer or body of pigment applied by the painter to his canvas with especial reference to the juxtaposition of different colors and tints in forming a harmonious whole. Fairholt.

To place in a pasture; to foster. [R.] T. Adams.

A puppet. [R.] Dr. H. More.

A purchase with five pulleys. [R.]

Same as Maturative.

A machine consisting of many pulleys; specifically, an apparatus formerly used for reducing luxations.

The act of taking food. From dance to sweet repast they turn. Milton.

One who takes a repast. [Obs.]

Food; entertainment. [Obs.] Food for his rage, repasture for his den. Shak.

Of or pertaining to spasm; spasmodic; especially, pertaining to tonic spasm; tetanic.

Spasmodically.

A state of spasm.

A machine in which four pulleys act together. Brande & C.

Partaking of the nature of, or combining, tragedy, comedy, and pastoral poetry. [R.] Gay.

A machine with three pulleys which act together for raising great weights. Brande & C.