Definition of Custerd
Cus"tard (k?s"t?rd), n. [Prob. the
same word as OE. crustade, crustate, a pie made
with a crust, fr. L. crustatus covered with a crust, p. p.
of crustare, fr. crusta crust; cf. OF.
croustade pasty, It. crostata, or F.
coutarde. See Crust, and cf. Crustated.]
A mixture of milk and eggs, sweetened, and baked or
boiled.
Custard apple (Bot.), a low tree
or shrub of tropical America, including several species of Anona
(A. squamosa, reticulata, etc.), having a roundish
or ovate fruit the size of a small orange, containing a soft,
yellowish, edible pulp. -- Custard coffin,
pastry, or crust, which covers or coffins a
custard [Obs.] Shak.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (uncountable) A type of sauce made from milk and eggs (and usually sugar, and sometimes vanilla or other flavourings) and thickened by heat, served hot poured over desserts, as a filling for some pies and cakes, or cold and solidified; also used as a base for some savoury dishes, such as quiches.
- (countable) Any particular variety of custard.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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