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pasting, vbl. n.|ˈpeɪstɪŋ|
[f. paste v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb paste.
1. Sticking or fastening with paste. Also attrib., esp. as pasting-lace (see quot. 1882).
1596Vestry Bks. (Surtees) 271 For making a new borde, and pasting on of the table of Consanguinitie and Affinitie set up in the church, iiijd. 1669Sturmy Mariner's Mag. v. xii. 63 Allow..more than 3 diameters for the pasting. 1846G. Dodd Brit. Manuf. 6th Ser. v. 132 Coach-trimmings... ‘Pasting-lace’, about half an inch broad..is employed to cover and hide rows of tacks. 1871G. Macdonald Wilf. Cumb. I. vii. 47 There I carried on my pasting operations. 1882Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlework, Pasting Lace, a narrow kind of Coach Lace, used to conceal rows of tacks. 1883Goole Weekly Times 14 Sept. 5/2 A patent paper pasting machine.
2. The process of reducing to a paste.
1884Watt Soap-making v. 42 Well-prepared soft soda..is employed to produce the pasting in the first operation.
3. slang. A beating, a basting. Also fig.
1851Mayhew Lond. Labour I. 415 He..gave me a regular pasting. 1922G. B. Shaw Let. in To a Young Actress (1960) 24 There is nothing for your soul in Shakespear..but there is plenty of pasting for your ear; and you need an exquisite ear for tragedy. 1930Collier's 1 Feb. 44/2 Instead of being mad at Lillian and giving her a pasting for such goings on, Wilbur is somewhat pleased. 1942R.A.F. Jrnl. 3 Oct. 33 We were getting a pasting. Everything going up in smoke and everything coming down with a bang. 1950J. D. MacDonald Brass Cupcake (1955) x. 105 Fictional heroes..can bounce back from a pasting that should have put them in hospital beds. 1953in Wentworth & Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang (1960) 377/2 [The] Philadelphia A's took a 13–10 pasting from the Washington Senators. 1974Times 14 Jan. 3/7 Some managers have taken a real pasting when things have gone wrong. 1976Listener 1 Apr. 409/2 ‘More embarrassing interviews..and more feeble comedy sketches.’.. Was it fair to give a show such a pasting in advance? |