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The place where pastry is made. [Obs.] Shak.

A kind of light pastry, usually in the form of a small round cake, and with a filling, as of jelly or cream.

A casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pie. Of the paste a coffin I will rear. Shak.

A brittle cake or other crisp pastry.

he size of a small orange, containing a soft, yellowish, edible pulp. -- Custard coffin, pastry, or crust, which covers or coffins a custard [Obs.] Shak.

A shell or cup of pastry filled with custard, whipped cream, crushed macaroons, etc.

A service of pastry, fruits, or sweetmeats, at the close of a feast or entertainment; pastry, fruits, etc., forming the last course at dinner. "An 't please your honor," quoth the peasant, "This same dessert is not so pleasant." Pope. Dessert spoon, a spoon used in eating dessert; a spoon intermediate in size between a…

Med.) Same as Chthonophagia. -- Dirt pie, clay or mud molded by children in imitation of pastry. Otway (1684). -- To eat dirt, to submit in a meanly humble manner to insults; to eat humble pie.

A species of pastry, containing cream and almonds.

The white of egg. It is used as a size or a glaze in bookbinding, for pastry, etc.

ritten also jagg. Jagging iron, a wheel with a zigzag or jagged edge for cutting cakes or pastry into ornamental figures.

lub in London, to which Addison and Steele belonged; -- so called from Christopher Cat, a pastry cook, who served the club with mutton pies.

A delicate pastry made of powdered sugar and the whites of eggs whipped up, -- with jam or cream added.

Moulding, board. (a) See Follow board, under Follow, v. t. (b) A board on which bread or pastry is kneaded and shaped. -- Molding, or Moulding, machine. (a) (Woodworking) A planing machine for making moldings. (b) (Founding) A machine to assist in making molds for castings. -- Molding, or Moulding, mill, a mill for…

Specifically, in cookery, a dough prepared for the crust of pies and the like; pastry dough.

A board on which pastry dough is rolled; a molding board.

Pastry. Sterne.

kind of light pastry. (c) A utensil of the toilet for dusting the skin or hair with powder.

ts, or are sweet, luscious, and high- flavored; as, a rich dish; rich cream or soup; rich pastry; rich wine or fruit. Sauces and rich spices are fetched from India. Baker.

A small ball of rich minced meat or fish, covered with pastry and fried.