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  • 11Paste — Paste, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pasting}.] To unite with paste; to fasten or join by means of paste. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 12Paste eel — Paste Paste, n. [OF. paste, F. p[^a]te, L. pasta, fr. Gr. ? barley broth; cf. ? barley porridge, ? sprinkled with salt, ? to sprinkle. Cf. {Pasty}, n., {Patty}.] 1. A soft composition, as of flour moistened with water or milk, or of earth… …

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  • 13Paste up — refers to a method of creating, or laying out, publication pages that predates the use of the now standard computerized page design desktop publishing programs. Completed, or camera ready, pages are known as mechanicals or mechanical art. In the… …

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  • 14paste — [peɪst] verb [intransitive, transitive] COMPUTING to make words that you have removed or copied appear in a new place on a computer screen: • Data can be pasted into word processing documents. * * * paste UK US /peɪst/ verb [I or T] IT ► to move… …

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  • 15Paste — Sf std. (15. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus it. pasta Teig ; so häufig noch in Zahnpasta, sonst Paste. Eine neue Entlehnung desselben Wortes ist Pasta Nudelgericht , it. pasta asciutta Teigwaren (eigentlich trockener Teig , aus ml. pasta Teig ,… …

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  • 16Paste (Unix) — paste is a Unix command line utility which is used to join files horizontally (parallel merging) by outputting lines consisting of the sequentially corresponding lines of each file specified, separated by tabs, to the standard output. It is… …

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  • 17paste — ► NOUN 1) a thick, soft, moist substance. 2) an adhesive made from water and starch, used especially for sticking paper. 3) a hard glassy substance used in making imitation gems. 4) a mixture of kaolin and water, used for making porcelain. ► VERB …

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  • 18paste-eel — pasteˈ eelˈ noun A nematoid worm found in paste • • • Main Entry: ↑paste …

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  • 19paste|pot — «PAYST POT», noun, adjective. –n. a pot or vessel for holding paste. –adj. Informal. hastily or carelessly put together, as if with paste: »[He] called the report “a pastepot job” and “pretty sloppy work” (New York Times) …

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  • 20Paste — »streichbare Masse; Teigmasse (als Grundlage für Arzneien und kosmetische Mittel)«: Das Substantiv wurde im 15. Jh. (spätmhd. pasten) aus mlat. pasta »Teig« entlehnt und geriet dann unter den Einfluss von gleichbed. it. pasta. Es geht zurück auf… …

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