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pudding |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pudding \Pud"ding\, n. [Cf. F. boudin black pudding, sausage, L. botulus botellus a sausage, G. & Sw pudding pudding, Dan. podding, pudding, LG puddig thick, stumpy, W. poten, potten, also E. pod, pout, v.] 1. A species of food of a soft or moderately hard consistence, variously made but often a compound of flour or meal, with milk and eggs, etc And solid pudding against empty praise. --Pope. 2. Anything resembling, or of the softness and consistency of pudding. 3. An intestine; especially, an intestine stuffed with meat, etc.; a sausage. --Shak. 4. Any food or victuals. Eat your pudding, slave, and hold your tongue. --Prior. 5. (Naut.) Same as {Puddening}. {Pudding grass} (Bot.), the true pennyroyal ({Mentha Pulegium}), formerly used to flavor stuffing for roast meat. --Dr. Prior. {Pudding pie}, a pudding with meat baked in it --Taylor (1630). {Pudding pipe} (Bot.), the long, cylindrical pod of the leguminous tree {Cassia Fistula}. The seeds are separately imbedded in a sweetish pulp. See {Cassia}. {Pudding sleeve}, a full sleeve like that of the English clerical gown. --Swift. {Pudding stone}. (Min.) See {Conglomerate}, n., 2. {Pudding time}. a The time of dinner, pudding being formerly the dish first eaten. [Obs.] --Johnson. b The nick of time; critical time. [Obs.] Mars, that still protects the stout, In pudding time came to his aid. --Hudibras. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pudding n 1: (British) the dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally) [syn: {pud}] 2: any of various soft thick unsweetened baked dishes: "corn pudding" 3: any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamed
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