1. n. (pl. -ies) a pastry case with a sweet or savoury filling, baked without a dish to shape it.
Etymology: ME f. OF past{eacute} ult. f. LL pasta PASTE 2. adj. (pastier, pastiest)
1. of or like or covered with paste.
2 unhealthily pale (esp. in complexion) (pasty-faced).
Derivatives:
pastily adv. pastiness n.