paste. 1

A soft, moist pulling ma . 2. A medicinal preparation of the consistence of p. (1st def.) or of dough, used externally. 3. A harder (sometimes solid) preparation for internal use, the base of which is gum or sugar. The National Formulary contains formulas for pastes of dextrin, ichthyol, resorcin, zinc, and sulphurated zinc, arsenical p. Various_ formulas have been used for combining arsenic trioxid in the form of a paste for local application for its caustic effect. These pastes are painful and are now used but little. Can quoin's p. See under Can quoin. fumigating p. A pastille containing aromatic substances with pota ium nitrate, intended to be burned slowly. Vienna p. See pota a cum calce, under pota a. [Gr., paste, from pa e in, to sprinkle.]