| • | A soft composition, as of flour moistened with water or milk, or of earth moistened to the consistence of dough, as in making potter's ware. |
| • | Specifically, in cookery, a dough prepared for the crust of pies and the like; pastry dough. |
| • | A kind of cement made of flour and water, starch and water, or the like, -- used for uniting paper or other substances, as in bookbinding, etc., -- also used in calico printing as a vehicle for mordant or color. |
| • | A highly refractive vitreous composition, variously colored, used in making imitations of precious stones or gems. See Strass. |
| • | A soft confection made of the inspissated juice of fruit, licorice, or the like, with sugar, etc. |
| • | The mineral substance in which other minerals are imbedded. |
| • | To unite with paste; to fasten or join by means of paste. |
