PASTE

n. Past. Gr., TTQCTTTJ (from irdo-veiv, to sprinkle). Lat., pasta. Fr.,pdte. Ger., P. It., Sp., pasta. 1. A soft, moist magma. 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. [B, 270 (a, 38); L, 56 (a, 17).] Arsenical p. Lat., pasta arsenical is. Fr., pate arsenical. A preparation consisting of 1,000 parts each of melted suet and wheat flour, 100 of finely powdered arsenious acid, 10 of lamp-black, and 1 part of oil of anise. [L, 88 (<x, 50).] Landolfi's p. See under BROMINE chloride. London p. Lat., pasta londinensis. A mixture of equal parts of caustic soda and slaked lime. [B.] P'nstift (Ger.), P. pencil. See STILUS dilubilis. Socin's antiseptic p. A p. made up of 1 part of zinc chloride and 10 parts each of zinc oxide and distilled water; used as a dre ing, it dries rapidly and forms a strong coating, especially with the addition of some cotton. [" Am. Jour, of Pharm.," Aug., 1890, p. 406 (a, BO).] -Vienna p. See POTASSA cum calce. [B.] Ward's p. [Lond. Ph., 1824]. Fr., electuaire anticachectique de Ward. A preparation made by mixing 1 part each of black pepper and of root of Inula helenium with 2 parts of white sugar and 3 of fennel-seed, all well powdered, and incorporating, when about to be employed, 2 parts of honey. [B, 92 (a, 14).] PASTEL, (Fr.), n. Pa -te2l. Ger., P. See IS AT IS and IS AT IS tinct or i a. [s. 223]