custardn.

Brit.

/ˈkʌstəd/, U.S.

/ˈkəstərd/

Forms: late Middle English custade, late Middle English–1500s custarde, late Middle English– custard, 1500s–1600s custerd, 1600s custord.

Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: crustade n.

Etymology: Apparently a variant of crustade n. (compare forms at that entry). Compare Anglo-Norman custard any dish baked in a crust, pie (15th cent. or earlier).

†a. An open pie, containing any of various ingredients such as meat, fish, fruit, or nuts, and filled with a sweetened and seasoned mixture of beaten eggs and milk, cream, or broth, which becomes stiff in consistency when the pie is baked; = crustade n. Obsolete.In later use sometimes difficult to distinguish from sense 1b.In quot. 1688 perhaps referring to a pie with a filling consisting only of baked custard (see sense 1b); cf. custard tart n. at Compounds 2.

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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pastry > pie > [noun] > other pies

crustade?c1390

flampointc1390

custardc1450

standing pie1587

pudding pie1593

French pie1611

pirog1662

battalia pie1664

tourte1706

custard pie1729

raised pie1740

sea-pie1751

cream pie1816

pot-pie1823

scrap-pie1829

resurrection pie1831

chess pie1860

Washington pie1878

milk tart1896

angel pie1923

chiffon pie1929

melktert1938

plate pie1946

banoffi pie1974

banoffi1994

c1450 in T. Austin Two 15th-cent. Cookery-bks. (1888) 74 Custarde... Custard lumbarde [a1450 Harl. 279 Crustade... Crustade lumbard].

a1475 J. Russell Bk. Nurture (Harl. 4011) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 170 Bakemete, or Custade Costable, when eggis & crayme be geson.

1566 W. Adlington tr. Apuleius .XI. Bks. Golden Asse xlv. f. 107 Bread pasties, tartes, custardes, & other delicate ionckettes dipped in honie.

a1592 R. Greene Sc. Hist. Iames IV (1598) iv. sig. G3 Cut it me like the battlements of a Custerd, ful of round holes.

1609 T. Dekker Guls Horne-bk. sig. B4 Potato-pies and Custards, stood like the sinfull suburbs of Cookery.

1665 R. May Accomplisht Cook (ed. 2) (title page) Several Forms for all manner of bake't Meats, (either Flesh or Fish) as Pyes, Tarts, Custards, [etc.].

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. iii. 82/1 Custard, open Pies, or without lids, filled with Eggs and Milk: called also Egg-Pie.

b. A dish made by baking a mixture of beaten eggs (or egg yolks), milk (or cream), and other sweet or (sometimes) savoury ingredients until it becomes stiff in consistency; a baked mixture of this sort used as a filling for a pie, pastry, etc.; sometimes more fully baked custard. Also occasionally: the liquid mixture used to make baked custard.almond custard, egg custard, orange custard: see the first element.With quot. a1616 cf. note at Compounds 1a.

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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > egg dishes > [noun] > custard

flawnc1300

charlet?c1390

dariole?a1400

dowset1425

flathonc1430

papina1450

flathec1450

fool1598

custarda1616

burnt cream1723

custard pudding1727

custard pie1729

flummery1747

floating island1771

custard cream1805

charlotte russea1845

crème caramel1846

cup-custard1853

pudding1896

crème renversée1912

leche flan1927

galaktoboureko1950

natillas1969

panna cotta1984

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. v. 1232 Like him that leapt into the Custard, and out of it you'le runne againe, rather then suffer question for your residence.

1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xxvi. sig. E12^v Quaking Tarts, and quiuering Custards, and such milke-sop Dishes.

1664 H. Wolley Cook's Guide 91 Fill your Tart and bake it but a little, and when it is enough, pour in a Custard.

1740 W. Somervile Hobbinol iii. 46 The Custard's gellied Flood.

1855 E. Acton Mod. Cookery (rev. ed.) xxiii. 484 The French make their custards, which they call crêmes, also in small china cups.

1887 R. N. Carey Uncle Max xv. 114 [Her] custards and flaky crust were famed in the village.

1905 C. S. Peel Savouries Simplified iii. 36 Make some anchovy pastry tartlet cases, and fill these with a savoury custard, well flavoured with anchovy. Bake until the custard is set.

1981 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 24 Apr. c16/2 A combination of crusty slices of French bread set in a supple and satiny baked custard.

1990 T. Ruprecht Toronto's Many Faces 329 Slovenian desserts include..krem snite (puff pastry with vanilla custard).

2001 S. Raichlen How to Grill 435/2 If using an iron and charcoal to brûlée the custards, heat the iron in the coals.

c. A sweet sauce, typically yellow in colour and served as an accompaniment to a dessert, made by cooking a mixture of beaten eggs (or egg yolks), sugar, and milk (or cream) at a gentle heat. Also: a similar synthetic preparation, typically made from custard powder (see custard powder n. at Compounds 2). Sometimes more fully boiled custard, custard sauce.Now the usual sense.

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the world > food and drink > food > additive > sauce or dressing > [noun] > other sauces

galantine1304

civya1325

egerdouce1381

gravy?c1390

camelinea1425

chawdronc1440

saffron sauce?a1505

sibber-sauce1556

ferry?1570

oxoleum1574

slabber-sauce1574

saupiquet1656

slapsauce1708

brown sauce1723

bread sauce1727

custard1747

bechamel1789

caper-sauce1791

tomato sauce1804

custard cream1805

allemande1806

sambal1815

Reading sauce1816

Harvey's Sauce1818

velouté sauce1830

suprême sauce1833

parsley sauce1836

agrodolce1838

Worcestershire sauce1843

espagnole1845

pestoa1848

cheese sauce1854

nam prik1857

Worcester sauce1863

Béarnaise sauce1868

Béarnaise1877

Yorkshire Relish1877

sauce mousseline1892

velvet sauce1893

gribiche1897

mornay sauce1900

sugo1906

sofrito1913

chile con queso1916

foo yung1917

marinara1932

pistou1951

hoisin1957

salsa verde1957

pico de gallo1958

sriracha1959

carbonara1962

amatriciana1963

arrabbiata1963

ponzu1966

puttanesca1971

chermoula1974

tikka masala1975

mojo1983

queso1989

1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery ix. 114 A Custard is very good with the Gooseberry Pye.

1795 S. Martin New Experienced Eng.-Housekeeper vi. 95 Make a boiled custard, when cold, pour it.

1846 A. Soyer Gastron. Regenerator 553 Garnish with a custard made as for vanilla ice.

1861 I. M. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. x. 194 (heading) Custard Sauce For Sweet Puddings.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. viii. [Lestrygonians] 153 Mayonnaise I poured on the plums thinking it was custard.

1989 Bon Appétit Sept. 88/1 This delicious chocolate-coffee souffle is served with a rich custard sauce.

2005 Daily Mail (Nexis) 9 May 55 Serve hot with custard or pouring cream.

2. figurative. A fearful or cowardly person. After the 17th cent. only in cowardly custard n. at cowardly adj. Additions and cowardy, cowardy, custard at cowardy adj.Frequently collocated with quake or quaking: cf. also quaking custard n. (a) at quaking adj.¹ Compounds.

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the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > coward(s)

coward?a1289

hen-hearta1450

staniel?a1500

pigeon?1571

cow1581

quake-breech1584

cow-baby1594

custard1598

chicken heart1602

nidget1605

hen?1613

faintling1614

white-liver1614

chickena1616

quake-buttocka1627

skitterbrooka1652

dunghill1761

cow-heart1768

shy-cock1768

fugie1777

slag1788

man of chaff1799

fainter1826

possum1833

cowardy, cowardy, custard1836

sheep1840

white feather1857

funk1859

funkstick1860

lily-liver1860

faint-heart1870

willy boy1895

blert1905

squib1908

fraid cat (also fraidy cat)c1910–23

manso1912

feartie1923

yellowbelly1927

chicken liver1930

boneless wonder1931

scaredy-cat1933

sook1933

pantywaist1935

punk1939

ringtail1941

chickenshit1945

candy-ass1953

pansy-ass1963

unbrave1981

bottler1994

1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie i. ii. sig. B8^v Let Custards quake, my rage must freely runne.

1631 J. Taylor Complaint of Christmas 16 There was not a timerous fearefull Custard to be seene, whose nature is to quake if your teeth doe but water at him.

1682 A. Behn Roundheads i. i. 3 Not Fleetwood, that Son of a Custard, always quaking.

Compounds

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a. General attributive, objective, instrumental, etc., as custard-crammed, custard dessert, custard-eater, etc.In early use frequently with (depreciative) allusion to the City of London, esp. the office of Lord Mayor, with which custard appears to have been closely associated as a result of the tradition of a jester leaping into a large custard (sense 1b) at the Lord Mayor's Feast; cf. quot. a1616 at sense 1b.

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1607 T. Tomkis Lingua ii. vi. sig. E2^v Ramparts of Pastie-crust and fortes of pies, Entrench'd with dishes full of Custard stuffe.

1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes ii. iii. 26 in Wks. II Yes Sir, I ha' spar'd 'hem Out of the custard politique for you, the Maiors.

1649 2nd Pt. New-market-Fayre 15 Farewel old Custard-eaters; I hold it reason. Not to serve you, for fear I commit treason.

1671 F. Philipps Regale Necessarium 373 Not to bear Offices in their Parishes or Custard-cram'd Companies.

1723 J. Nott Cook's & Confectioner's Dict. sig. Mm7 Make your Pye about an Inch high, like a Custard, and of Custard-paste.

1861 I. M. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. xxvii. 660 (heading) Fanchonnettes, or Custard Tartlets.

1892 D. B. W. Sladen Japs at Home iv. 45 This time it was..a sort of custard soup containing chicken.

1978 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 22 Mar. The company says it decided..to restrict the use of sugar to 26 products such as apricots and some custard desserts.

2005 P. H. Deen & M. Nesbit P. Deen & Friends 73 As soon as the chocolate custard layer is cool, add the second custard layer.

custard-coloured adj.

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1841 Sporting Rev. Mar. 196 They have the same exuberance of crest, and grotesque custard coloured-eyes.

1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. xi. 98 She was on most days solemnly tooled through the Park..in a great tall custard-coloured phaeton.

1932 Lake County Times (Hammond, Indiana) 25 Aug. 10/5 Add two egg yolks which have been beaten until they are custard colored so they will not color the cake.

2006 R. Everett Red Carpets & Other Banana Skins xii. 113 A formidable lady named Rose Cull ran the canteen, which was like a prison staff room—shiny custard-coloured walls, a pool table and a TV.

custard-filled adj.

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1900 Anaconda (Montana) Standard 1 Dec. 9/1 Cream Puffs, custard filled.

1952 Public Health Rep. (U.S. Public Health Service) 67 1091/2 Custard-filled pastries were another common vehicle of infection.

1976 Times 18 Feb. 16/2 The pie throwers offer a variety of flavours, and will also perform a dirty trick with a custard-filled bowler hat.

2006 South Bend (Indiana) Tribune (Nexis) 27 Feb. d2 Custard-filled doughnuts covered in powdered sugar.

custard filling n.

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1881 Housek. in Blue Grass: New & Pract. Cook Bk. (new ed.) Index 181/2 Cake—..Custard filling.

1908 Washington Post 13 Dec. (Mag.) 8/8 Pumpkin absorbs the lard more than squash or custard filling.

2010 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 17 July t3 A creamy custard filling studded with tart apples, and a caramelized coconut crust.

custard mixture n.

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1844 E. Leslie Dir. for Cookery (ed. 20) 458 Put this custard mixture into a tin pan.

1895 ‘M. Ronald’ Cent. Cook Bk. 438 Make a custard mixture of a pint of milk, three egg-yolks, and three tablespoonfuls of sugar.

1931 Washington Post 19 Jan. 8/4 To make a banana cream pie, add sliced bananas to the custard mixture after it is cooked.

2001 P. Barham Sci. Cooking ix. 141 Once the water in the bottom pan is boiling, turn down the heat and pour the custard mixture into the top pan.

custard pudding n.

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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > puddings > [noun] > other puddings

alker1381

moile1381

tansyc1450

tansy-cakea1475

hasty pudding1598

hodge-puddinga1616

bread pudding1623

marrowbone pudding1623

marrow-pudding1631

turmeric puddinga1704

Indian pudding1722

Westminster fool1723

pease pudding1725

pone1725

bread and butter pudding1727

custard pudding1727

purry1751

tartan-purry1751

tansy-pudding1769

vermicelli pudding1769

skimmer-cake1795

dogsbody1818

kugel1823

stickjaw1827

kheer1832

pea pudding1844

dough1848

mousseline1876

mousse1885

goose-pudding1892

payasam1892

tartan1893

malva puddinga1981

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > egg dishes > [noun] > custard

flawnc1300

charlet?c1390

dariole?a1400

dowset1425

flathonc1430

papina1450

flathec1450

fool1598

custarda1616

burnt cream1723

custard pudding1727

custard pie1729

flummery1747

floating island1771

custard cream1805

charlotte russea1845

crème caramel1846

cup-custard1853

pudding1896

crème renversée1912

leche flan1927

galaktoboureko1950

natillas1969

panna cotta1984

1727 E. Smith Compl. Housewife 97 To make a Custard Pudding.

1849 C. Brontë Shirley III. x. 219 A cantlet of cold custard-pudding.

1998 Time 2 Mar. 32/2 There is nothing to eat here at the café except some custard puddings and a pile of Turkish delight.

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† custard-cap n. Obsolete a type of hat, resembling a custard (sense 1a) in shape, of the kind worn by the sword-bearer of the City of London; (in extended use) a person who wears such a hat.In quot. 1649 perhaps as a depreciative name for the leaders of the Parliamentarian forces in the English Civil War, although the reason for this application is unclear.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > other

cap (also hat) of maintenancec1475

hat1483

wishing-hat1600

cockle hat1603

porringer1623

poke1632

custard-cap1649

bonnet1675

muff-box1678

Caroline1687

Quaker1778

meat safe1782

balloon hat1784

gypsy hat1785

cabriolet1797

gypsy bonnet1803

Gypsy1806

Wellington hat1809

fan-tail-hat1810

umbrella hat1817

radical1828

caubeen1831

topi1835

montera1838

Petersham1845

squash hat1860

Moab1864

kiddy1865

flap-hat1866

Dolly Varden1872

brush-hata1877

potae1881

Pope's-hat1886

plateau1890

kelly1915

push-back1920

kiss-me-quick hat1963

pakul1982

tinfoil hat1982

1649 Mercurius Pragmaticus 23–30 Apr. sig. A4 Newes came from Scotland this evening,..that Lesley hath sent (by order from the Committee of Custard-caps) a party of 300. Iockeys to asswage the tumult.

1677 T. D'Urfey Madam Fickle i. 6 You shall drink Bumpers out of your Custard-Cap you Rogue.

1705 E. Ward Fortune's Bounty 7 Just as his Custard Cap does bear The Sword before the City May'r; In mighty Pomp she passed along.

1788 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 2) Custard Cap, the cap worn by the sword-bearer of the City of London, made hollow at the top like a custard.

1894 L. Linton in Eng. Illustr. Mag. 11 85/1 The most heart-broken woman of all that mournful million wears a becoming little custard-cap which enhances her good points.

† custard coffin n. Obsolete rare a pie dish or pastry crust for a custard (sense 1a); cf. coffin n. 4.

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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pastry > [noun] > pastry crust or case

coffinc1420

rollera1475

pasty crust1562

custard coffin1581

piecrust1582

crust1598

kissing-crust1708

dripping crust1747

short crust1747

standing crust1747

huff1787

croustade1845

turban1846

1581 in T. P. Wadley Notes Wills Orphan Bk. Bristol (1886) 225 Twelve voyders; a Custerd coffyn.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. iii. 82 It is [a] paltrie cap, A custard coffen, a bauble, a silken pie.

custard cream n. (a) = sense 1c; (b) chiefly British a type of sweet sandwich biscuit with a vanilla-flavoured cream filling.

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the world > food and drink > food > additive > sauce or dressing > [noun] > other sauces

galantine1304

civya1325

egerdouce1381

gravy?c1390

camelinea1425

chawdronc1440

saffron sauce?a1505

sibber-sauce1556

ferry?1570

oxoleum1574

slabber-sauce1574

saupiquet1656

slapsauce1708

brown sauce1723

bread sauce1727

custard1747

bechamel1789

caper-sauce1791

tomato sauce1804

custard cream1805

allemande1806

sambal1815

Reading sauce1816

Harvey's Sauce1818

velouté sauce1830

suprême sauce1833

parsley sauce1836

agrodolce1838

Worcestershire sauce1843

espagnole1845

pestoa1848

cheese sauce1854

nam prik1857

Worcester sauce1863

Béarnaise sauce1868

Béarnaise1877

Yorkshire Relish1877

sauce mousseline1892

velvet sauce1893

gribiche1897

mornay sauce1900

sugo1906

sofrito1913

chile con queso1916

foo yung1917

marinara1932

pistou1951

hoisin1957

salsa verde1957

pico de gallo1958

sriracha1959

carbonara1962

amatriciana1963

arrabbiata1963

ponzu1966

puttanesca1971

chermoula1974

tikka masala1975

mojo1983

queso1989

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > egg dishes > [noun] > custard

flawnc1300

charlet?c1390

dariole?a1400

dowset1425

flathonc1430

papina1450

flathec1450

fool1598

custarda1616

burnt cream1723

custard pudding1727

custard pie1729

flummery1747

floating island1771

custard cream1805

charlotte russea1845

crème caramel1846

cup-custard1853

pudding1896

crème renversée1912

leche flan1927

galaktoboureko1950

natillas1969

panna cotta1984

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > biscuit > [noun] > other biscuits

dorcake14..

cracknelc1440

hard breada1500

crackling1598

Naples biscuit1650

gingerbread man1686

chocolate biscuit1702

biscotin1723

sponge biscuit1736

maple biscuita1753

butter biscuit1758

nut1775

Oliver biscuit1786

funeral biscuit1790

rock biscuit?1790

ratafia1801

finger biscuit1812

Savoy drop1816

lady's finger1818

snap1819

Abernethy1830

pretzel1831

wine-biscuit1834

gingersnap1838

captain's biscuit1843

lebkuchen1847

simnel1854

sugar cookie1854

peppernut1862

McClellan pie1863

Savoy ring1866

Brown George1867

beaten biscuit1876

digestive1876

Osborne1876

Bath Oliver1878

marie1878

boer biscuit1882

charcoal biscuit1885

biscotti1886

fairing1888

snickerdoodle1889

pfeffernuss1891

zwieback1894

Nice1895

Garibaldi biscuit1896

Oswegoc1900

squashed fly1900

amaretto1905

boerebeskuit1905

Romary1905

petit beurre1906

Oswego biscuit1907

soetkoekie1910

Oreo1912

custard cream1916

Anzac1923

sweet biscuit1929

langue de chat1931

Bourbon biscuit1932

Afghan1934

flapjack1935

Florentine1936

chocolate chip cookie1938

choc chip cookie1940

Toll House cookie1940

tuile1943

pizzelle1949

black and white1967

Romany Cream1970

papri1978

1805 J. C. Schnebbelie Henderson's Housekeeper's Instructor (ed. 12) Addenda 447 Make your cream like the custard cream, and when the cream is over the fire, let your vanella [sic] be stirred along with it.

1829 Mrs. Dalgairns Pract. Cookery 293 Custard cream. Boil in half a pint of milk..and add to three pints of cream; stir into it the well-beaten yolks of eight eggs,..serve in a glass dish.

1916 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 16 Dec. 4/2 Biscuits are not without their place in this large grocery... We mention the following:..Jam Roll, Custard Creams, [etc.].

1982 B. MacLaverty Time to Dance (1985) 95 She put some custard creams on a plate and brought the tea in.

1992 European Trav. & Life Mar. 54/2 Vanilla cake..served with vanilla custard cream.

2000 J. Pemberton Forever & Ever Amen i. 9 They weren't in the mood for anything much, except a cup of tea perhaps, and some custard creams.

† custard crown n. Obsolete rare (perhaps) a roof similar in shape to a custard (sense 1a); cf. crown n. 26a.

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1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 19 The houses heere are not such flatte custard Crownes at the top as they are [at Cadiz].

custard cup n. (a) a small heat-resistant dish, typically of porcelain or glass, intended for use as a vessel in which a custard (sense 1b) is baked and served; †(b) (in plural) English regional great willowherb, Epilobium hirsutum, a tall flowering perennial with hairy stems, long, toothed, hairy leaves, and pink flowers with creamy-white stigmas; cf. codlings-and-cream n. at codling n.² Phrases 2 (obsolete).

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the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > table-vessels > dish or plate > cup, bowl, or basin > other types of cup, bowl, or basin

custard cup1670

mustard-bowl1674

rice bowl1828

tou1899

1670 Acct. 9 Aug. in W. M. Myddelton & V. H. Myddelton Gunyon Chirk Castle Accts. (1931) II. 38 Paid for a possett Cup and 6 custard cupps.

1708 H. Howard England's Newest Way Cookery (ed. 2) 77 If you boil the Eggs in the Cream all together, then you may put it in your Custard-cups.

1780 W. Beckford Biogr. Mem. Painters 129 A salver adorned with custard-cups and jelly-glasses.

1878 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names Custard-cups, Epilobium hirsutum.

1906 Country Life 21 Apr. 553/1 The Willow-herb..gives off a pleasant fresh smell from its flowers, young shoots, or bruised leaves; so..it becomes Codlings and Cream, Apple or Gooseberry Pie, or Custard Cups, in country parlance.

1960 Harper's Bazaar Oct. 70/2 Early-Victorian custard cups..in Coalport white porcelain.

2002 Bon Appétit Sept. 104/2 Butter eight..ramekins or custard cups and coat insides with sugar.

custard glass n. (a) a small glass, usually with a stem and a handle, in which custard is served; (b) a kind of opaque, pale yellow or greenish glass produced by adding uranium oxides to the mix; cf. uranium glass n. at uranium n. Compounds 2 (now chiefly historical).

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1795 S. Martin New Experienced Eng.-Housekeeper vi. 98 Stir it [sc. lemon cream] and when thick take it off, put into custard glasses.

1815 T. S. Surr Magic of Wealth I. viii. 162 He attempted to place his custard glass on the counter; but unfortunately deposited its contents in the old lady's lap.

1860 G. W. Thornbury Turkish Life & Char. I. xi. 259 The network of thin iron bars and cross wires..serve to string together those circles of small custard-glass lamps which are used at night.

1928 Manch. Guardian 9 Apr. 4/1 The Victorian custard glass, with its V-shaped end, is seldom seen on tables nowadays.

1981 Washington Post 2 Jan. (Weekend Suppl.) 14/2 Custard glass was produced in a great many pieces, from tumblers to toothpicks to spooners to salts.

2010 Buffalo News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 17 Apr. c7 Get a black light, shine it on the glass and look for the luminous glow caused by the uranium in real custard glass.

custard marrow n. (a) a variety of summer squash ( Cucurbita pepo) having a flattened fruit with a scalloped rim, thin yellow, green, or white skin, and white flesh (also called pattypan); the fruit of this plant; (b) the squash-like fruit of the tropical American vine chayote (see chayote n.), which has green skin, white flesh, and a mild flavour; (also) the plant itself.

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1853 Gardeners' Chron. 26 Feb. 129/3 Seed of that very scarce and delicious vegetable Crown Gourd or Custard Marrow, 1s. per packet.

1940 Times 18 Mar. 13/3 Bush varieties, such as the custard marrows, are specially suitable for starting under cloches.

1961 N. Froud et al. tr. P. Montagné & A. Gottschalk Larousse Gastronomique 337/2 The custard marrow is a native of Mexico and the Antilles.

2006 Hutchinson (Kansas) News 16 Aug. b6 Souffle and pork curry also are popular Caribbean dishes featuring custard marrow.

† custard-pate n. Obsolete a term of reproach or abuse for a person.

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1639 J. Fletcher et al. Bloody Brother iii. ii. sig. G1 Doe you heare Sir? You custard pate, we go to't for high treason.

1703 T. D'Urfey Old Mode & New i. i. 14 Hark ye, Custard-pate,..if you are sawcy, my arbitrary Will may chance to direct the Motions of my Hand and Sword towards the poking of your Guts.

custard powder n. a powdered preparation, typically consisting of cornflour with colouring, flavouring, and sugar, which is mixed with milk and heated to make bright yellow custard (sense 1c).One of the earliest preparations of this type was developed in the 1840s by Alfred Bird, a chemist living in Birmingham, allegedly because his wife was fond of eating custard but allergic to eggs.Custard powders which contain other ingredients in place of cornflour, such as sago flour or potato starch, have also been developed.

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the world > food and drink > food > substances for food preparation > [noun] > custard powder

custard powder1844

1844 Times 3 June 10/3 (advt.) English's Custard Powder,..for the almost instant making of custards, without the aid of eggs.

1852 H. Beasley Druggist's Gen. Receipt Bk. (ed. 2) 268 Custard Powder consists of sago meal, coloured with turmeric, and flavoured.

1917 J. Martin Diary 21 Dec. in Sapper Martin (2010) 155 Oxley and McCormack brought back a good supply of turkeys, beef, pork, cabbages, potatoes, carrots, tinned fruit, biscuits, custard powder, [etc.].

1951 Good Housek. Home Encycl. 433/2 Mock custards..can be made with cornflour or with the various proprietary custard powders on the market.

2013 Nelson (N.Z.) Mail (Nexis) 16 July 12 Mix the custard powder with a small amount of soy milk to a paste.

custard tart n. an open tart with a filling of baked custard, now typically topped with grated nutmeg; cf. custard pie n. 1a.

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1856 Bristol Mercury 12 Apr. 7/1 What grief my once blithe spirit drowns?.. 'Tis these confounded custard tarts that on my stomach lie!

1952 T. Armstrong Adam Brunskill v. 157 There were also, to fill up any niches, stewed fruit, scones, custard tart, currant pasty, three varieties of sweetcake and an assortment of buns.

2009 Independent 2 Sept. 16/3 His ‘very deep’ custard tart is made freshly, every day.

custard tree n. a tree bearing the custard apple; = custard apple n. 2.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > of tropical America > sweet-sop tree

sweet-sop1696

water apple1696

sugar-apple1739

purple apple1754

custard tree1760

sweet-apple1760

sugar-sop1847

1760 Mod. Part Universal Hist. XIV. 436 The custard-tree is of the size of a quince-tree, with long, slender, and thick-set branches, spreading all round.

1808 T. Ashe Trav. Amer. 1806 x. 85 [Custard Island abounds] with the papaw, which is vulgarly known by the name of the Custard tree.

1988 S. Ruelland Dictionnaire Tupuri-Français-Anglais 216 Pāŋrē,..wild custard tree; its fruit. Its roots are used in the tanning of hides and as medecine against syphilis. Annona senegalensis.

2006 C. Cusumano Mexico, Love Story 138 I watched crows drop from their roost the fruit of a sour custard tree, feeding turtles below.

custard yellow n. and adj. (a) n. a shade of yellow resembling the colour of custard; (b) adj. of this shade or colour.

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1861 Ann. Sci. Discov. 370 Dr. C. T. Jackson..mentioned a case in which the stomach, carefully washed, had at first assumed a yellowish tint,..then changing into a pasty mass of a custard yellow.

1875 Gardeners' Chron. 9 Oct. 458/2 Whether the centre be white or cream-white, or yellow or custard-yellow.

1981 T. Wogan Day Job 63 I had played in ‘custard-yellow’ trousers.

1995 Independent (Nexis) 18 Jan. (Arts section) 25 The colours vary, from a custard yellow through to a rather beautiful dirty strawberry.

2003 Daily Tel. 16 May 25/2 Engrossed in a family kickabout in her local park in Notting Hill, Guinness cuts an incongruous figure in her custard yellow football top and tracksuit bottoms.

Derivatives

ˈcustard-like adj. resembling or reminiscent of custard.

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1655 S. Hartlib Legacy (ed. 3) 136 Sugar and Currants, and sweet things, which spoil the stomack, and make the body tender, soft, custard-like, easily melted into fluxes.

1702 J. Floyer Anc. Ψυχρολουσία Revived Postscr. 300 This puff'd up Apollo..put me into a Course of Sweeteners, as he call'd them, the principal of which was a Quart of thin Custard-like-insipid stuff.

1853 A. R. Wallace Narr. Trav. Amazon ii. 22 The beribee, a species of Anona , with a pleasant acid custard-like pulp.

1963 Chicago Tribune 3 Sept. ii. 2/2 (caption) Two layers of custard-like filling, one flavored with chocolate and the other with rum, make this popular black bottom pie.

2012 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 2 May l4 The texture is custard-like and delicate with a hint of salt on the finish.

ˈcustardly adj. = custardy adj.

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1870 J. Orton Andes & Amazon xix. 290 The rind, which incloses a rich, custardly pulp..is scaled.

1951 Ogden (Utah) Standard Examiner 16 Feb. 24/8 There will be a custardly layer at the bottom and a cake-like layer at the top.

1988 Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) 12 May c12/6 The classic with its custardly base and fine crust was all it should be.

ˈcustardy adj. having the taste or consistency of custard; made with custard.

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the world > matter > constitution of matter > semi-fluidity > [adjective]

slabby1542

pottagy1565

uliginous1576

softa1593

slabbery1600

creamy1610

slutchy1627

slabberish1648

pappy1662

semifluid1775

sloppy1794

sloshy1797

custardy1824

viscous1830

gruelly1838

sposhy1842

squishy1847

squitchy1851

pea-soupy1859

porridgey1859

soupy1869

custardly1870

gloopy1929

gunky1937

spawn-like1938

squodgy1970

gloppy1976

1824 R. W. Dickson Compl. Syst. Improved Live Stock & Cattle Managem. II. 419/2 Boiling new milk with a small piece of alum, in such a manner as not to render it hard and tough, but custardy.

1868 All Year Round 28 Nov. 585/2 The custardy flavour of the bread..is highly pleasant.

1961 M. Beadle These Ruins are Inhabited (1963) iii. 39 Dinner..ends with something custardy.

2013 Radio Times 30 Nov. (South/West ed.) 78/2 He..seeks out a dainty local delicacy, the canelé, with its crispy outside and oozy, custardy middle.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	custard
释义	custardn. Brit. /ˈkʌstəd/, U.S. /ˈkəstərd/ Forms: late Middle English custade, late Middle English–1500s custarde, late Middle English– custard, 1500s–1600s custerd, 1600s custord. Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: crustade n. Etymology: Apparently a variant of crustade n. (compare forms at that entry). Compare Anglo-Norman custard any dish baked in a crust, pie (15th cent. or earlier). 1. †a. An open pie, containing any of various ingredients such as meat, fish, fruit, or nuts, and filled with a sweetened and seasoned mixture of beaten eggs and milk, cream, or broth, which becomes stiff in consistency when the pie is baked; = crustade n. Obsolete.In later use sometimes difficult to distinguish from sense 1b.In quot. 1688 perhaps referring to a pie with a filling consisting only of baked custard (see sense 1b); cf. custard tart n. at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pastry > pie > [noun] > other pies crustade?c1390 flampointc1390 custardc1450 standing pie1587 pudding pie1593 French pie1611 pirog1662 battalia pie1664 tourte1706 custard pie1729 raised pie1740 sea-pie1751 cream pie1816 pot-pie1823 scrap-pie1829 resurrection pie1831 chess pie1860 Washington pie1878 milk tart1896 angel pie1923 chiffon pie1929 melktert1938 plate pie1946 banoffi pie1974 banoffi1994 c1450 in T. Austin Two 15th-cent. Cookery-bks. (1888) 74 Custarde... Custard lumbarde [a1450 Harl. 279 Crustade... Crustade lumbard]. a1475 J. Russell Bk. Nurture (Harl. 4011) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 170 Bakemete, or Custade Costable, when eggis & crayme be geson. 1566 W. Adlington tr. Apuleius .XI. Bks. Golden Asse xlv. f. 107 Bread pasties, tartes, custardes, & other delicate ionckettes dipped in honie. a1592 R. Greene Sc. Hist. Iames IV (1598) iv. sig. G3 Cut it me like the battlements of a Custerd, ful of round holes. 1609 T. Dekker Guls Horne-bk. sig. B4 Potato-pies and Custards, stood like the sinfull suburbs of Cookery. 1665 R. May Accomplisht Cook (ed. 2) (title page) Several Forms for all manner of bake't Meats, (either Flesh or Fish) as Pyes, Tarts, Custards, [etc.]. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. iii. 82/1 Custard, open Pies, or without lids, filled with Eggs and Milk: called also Egg-Pie. b. A dish made by baking a mixture of beaten eggs (or egg yolks), milk (or cream), and other sweet or (sometimes) savoury ingredients until it becomes stiff in consistency; a baked mixture of this sort used as a filling for a pie, pastry, etc.; sometimes more fully baked custard. Also occasionally: the liquid mixture used to make baked custard.almond custard, egg custard, orange custard: see the first element.With quot. a1616 cf. note at Compounds 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > egg dishes > [noun] > custard flawnc1300 charlet?c1390 dariole?a1400 dowset1425 flathonc1430 papina1450 flathec1450 fool1598 custarda1616 burnt cream1723 custard pudding1727 custard pie1729 flummery1747 floating island1771 custard cream1805 charlotte russea1845 crème caramel1846 cup-custard1853 pudding1896 crème renversée1912 leche flan1927 galaktoboureko1950 natillas1969 panna cotta1984 a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. v. 1232 Like him that leapt into the Custard, and out of it you'le runne againe, rather then suffer question for your residence. View more context for this quotation 1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xxvi. sig. E12^v Quaking Tarts, and quiuering Custards, and such milke-sop Dishes. 1664 H. Wolley Cook's Guide 91 Fill your Tart and bake it but a little, and when it is enough, pour in a Custard. 1740 W. Somervile Hobbinol iii. 46 The Custard's gellied Flood. 1855 E. Acton Mod. Cookery (rev. ed.) xxiii. 484 The French make their custards, which they call crêmes, also in small china cups. 1887 R. N. Carey Uncle Max xv. 114 [Her] custards and flaky crust were famed in the village. 1905 C. S. Peel Savouries Simplified iii. 36 Make some anchovy pastry tartlet cases, and fill these with a savoury custard, well flavoured with anchovy. Bake until the custard is set. 1981 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 24 Apr. c16/2 A combination of crusty slices of French bread set in a supple and satiny baked custard. 1990 T. Ruprecht Toronto's Many Faces 329 Slovenian desserts include..krem snite (puff pastry with vanilla custard). 2001 S. Raichlen How to Grill 435/2 If using an iron and charcoal to brûlée the custards, heat the iron in the coals. c. A sweet sauce, typically yellow in colour and served as an accompaniment to a dessert, made by cooking a mixture of beaten eggs (or egg yolks), sugar, and milk (or cream) at a gentle heat. Also: a similar synthetic preparation, typically made from custard powder (see custard powder n. at Compounds 2). Sometimes more fully boiled custard, custard sauce.Now the usual sense. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > sauce or dressing > [noun] > other sauces galantine1304 civya1325 egerdouce1381 gravy?c1390 camelinea1425 chawdronc1440 saffron sauce?a1505 sibber-sauce1556 ferry?1570 oxoleum1574 slabber-sauce1574 saupiquet1656 slapsauce1708 brown sauce1723 bread sauce1727 custard1747 bechamel1789 caper-sauce1791 tomato sauce1804 custard cream1805 allemande1806 sambal1815 Reading sauce1816 Harvey's Sauce1818 velouté sauce1830 suprême sauce1833 parsley sauce1836 agrodolce1838 Worcestershire sauce1843 espagnole1845 pestoa1848 cheese sauce1854 nam prik1857 Worcester sauce1863 Béarnaise sauce1868 Béarnaise1877 Yorkshire Relish1877 sauce mousseline1892 velvet sauce1893 gribiche1897 mornay sauce1900 sugo1906 sofrito1913 chile con queso1916 foo yung1917 marinara1932 pistou1951 hoisin1957 salsa verde1957 pico de gallo1958 sriracha1959 carbonara1962 amatriciana1963 arrabbiata1963 ponzu1966 puttanesca1971 chermoula1974 tikka masala1975 mojo1983 queso1989 1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery ix. 114 A Custard is very good with the Gooseberry Pye. 1795 S. Martin New Experienced Eng.-Housekeeper vi. 95 Make a boiled custard, when cold, pour it. 1846 A. Soyer Gastron. Regenerator 553 Garnish with a custard made as for vanilla ice. 1861 I. M. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. x. 194 (heading) Custard Sauce For Sweet Puddings. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. viii. [Lestrygonians] 153 Mayonnaise I poured on the plums thinking it was custard. 1989 Bon Appétit Sept. 88/1 This delicious chocolate-coffee souffle is served with a rich custard sauce. 2005 Daily Mail (Nexis) 9 May 55 Serve hot with custard or pouring cream. 2. figurative. A fearful or cowardly person. After the 17th cent. only in cowardly custard n. at cowardly adj. Additions and cowardy, cowardy, custard at cowardy adj.Frequently collocated with quake or quaking: cf. also quaking custard n. (a) at quaking adj.¹ Compounds. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > coward(s) coward?a1289 hen-hearta1450 staniel?a1500 pigeon?1571 cow1581 quake-breech1584 cow-baby1594 custard1598 chicken heart1602 nidget1605 hen?1613 faintling1614 white-liver1614 chickena1616 quake-buttocka1627 skitterbrooka1652 dunghill1761 cow-heart1768 shy-cock1768 fugie1777 slag1788 man of chaff1799 fainter1826 possum1833 cowardy, cowardy, custard1836 sheep1840 white feather1857 funk1859 funkstick1860 lily-liver1860 faint-heart1870 willy boy1895 blert1905 squib1908 fraid cat (also fraidy cat)c1910–23 manso1912 feartie1923 yellowbelly1927 chicken liver1930 boneless wonder1931 scaredy-cat1933 sook1933 pantywaist1935 punk1939 ringtail1941 chickenshit1945 candy-ass1953 pansy-ass1963 unbrave1981 bottler1994 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie i. ii. sig. B8^v Let Custards quake, my rage must freely runne. 1631 J. Taylor Complaint of Christmas 16 There was not a timerous fearefull Custard to be seene, whose nature is to quake if your teeth doe but water at him. 1682 A. Behn Roundheads i. i. 3 Not Fleetwood, that Son of a Custard, always quaking. Compounds C1. a. General attributive, objective, instrumental, etc., as custard-crammed, custard dessert, custard-eater, etc.In early use frequently with (depreciative) allusion to the City of London, esp. the office of Lord Mayor, with which custard appears to have been closely associated as a result of the tradition of a jester leaping into a large custard (sense 1b) at the Lord Mayor's Feast; cf. quot. a1616 at sense 1b. ΚΠ 1607 T. Tomkis Lingua ii. vi. sig. E2^v Ramparts of Pastie-crust and fortes of pies, Entrench'd with dishes full of Custard stuffe. 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes ii. iii. 26 in Wks. II Yes Sir, I ha' spar'd 'hem Out of the custard politique for you, the Maiors. 1649 2nd Pt. New-market-Fayre 15 Farewel old Custard-eaters; I hold it reason. Not to serve you, for fear I commit treason. 1671 F. Philipps Regale Necessarium 373 Not to bear Offices in their Parishes or Custard-cram'd Companies. 1723 J. Nott Cook's & Confectioner's Dict. sig. Mm7 Make your Pye about an Inch high, like a Custard, and of Custard-paste. 1861 I. M. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. xxvii. 660 (heading) Fanchonnettes, or Custard Tartlets. 1892 D. B. W. Sladen Japs at Home iv. 45 This time it was..a sort of custard soup containing chicken. 1978 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 22 Mar. The company says it decided..to restrict the use of sugar to 26 products such as apricots and some custard desserts. 2005 P. H. Deen & M. Nesbit P. Deen & Friends 73 As soon as the chocolate custard layer is cool, add the second custard layer. b. custard-coloured adj. ΚΠ 1841 Sporting Rev. Mar. 196 They have the same exuberance of crest, and grotesque custard coloured-eyes. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. xi. 98 She was on most days solemnly tooled through the Park..in a great tall custard-coloured phaeton. 1932 Lake County Times (Hammond, Indiana) 25 Aug. 10/5 Add two egg yolks which have been beaten until they are custard colored so they will not color the cake. 2006 R. Everett Red Carpets & Other Banana Skins xii. 113 A formidable lady named Rose Cull ran the canteen, which was like a prison staff room—shiny custard-coloured walls, a pool table and a TV. custard-filled adj. ΚΠ 1900 Anaconda (Montana) Standard 1 Dec. 9/1 Cream Puffs, custard filled. 1952 Public Health Rep. (U.S. Public Health Service) 67 1091/2 Custard-filled pastries were another common vehicle of infection. 1976 Times 18 Feb. 16/2 The pie throwers offer a variety of flavours, and will also perform a dirty trick with a custard-filled bowler hat. 2006 South Bend (Indiana) Tribune (Nexis) 27 Feb. d2 Custard-filled doughnuts covered in powdered sugar. custard filling n. ΚΠ 1881 Housek. in Blue Grass: New & Pract. Cook Bk. (new ed.) Index 181/2 Cake—..Custard filling. 1908 Washington Post 13 Dec. (Mag.) 8/8 Pumpkin absorbs the lard more than squash or custard filling. 2010 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 17 July t3 A creamy custard filling studded with tart apples, and a caramelized coconut crust. custard mixture n. ΚΠ 1844 E. Leslie Dir. for Cookery (ed. 20) 458 Put this custard mixture into a tin pan. 1895 ‘M. Ronald’ Cent. Cook Bk. 438 Make a custard mixture of a pint of milk, three egg-yolks, and three tablespoonfuls of sugar. 1931 Washington Post 19 Jan. 8/4 To make a banana cream pie, add sliced bananas to the custard mixture after it is cooked. 2001 P. Barham Sci. Cooking ix. 141 Once the water in the bottom pan is boiling, turn down the heat and pour the custard mixture into the top pan. custard pudding n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > puddings > [noun] > other puddings alker1381 moile1381 tansyc1450 tansy-cakea1475 hasty pudding1598 hodge-puddinga1616 bread pudding1623 marrowbone pudding1623 marrow-pudding1631 turmeric puddinga1704 Indian pudding1722 Westminster fool1723 pease pudding1725 pone1725 bread and butter pudding1727 custard pudding1727 purry1751 tartan-purry1751 tansy-pudding1769 vermicelli pudding1769 skimmer-cake1795 dogsbody1818 kugel1823 stickjaw1827 kheer1832 pea pudding1844 dough1848 mousseline1876 mousse1885 goose-pudding1892 payasam1892 tartan1893 malva puddinga1981 the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > egg dishes > [noun] > custard flawnc1300 charlet?c1390 dariole?a1400 dowset1425 flathonc1430 papina1450 flathec1450 fool1598 custarda1616 burnt cream1723 custard pudding1727 custard pie1729 flummery1747 floating island1771 custard cream1805 charlotte russea1845 crème caramel1846 cup-custard1853 pudding1896 crème renversée1912 leche flan1927 galaktoboureko1950 natillas1969 panna cotta1984 1727 E. Smith Compl. Housewife 97 To make a Custard Pudding. 1849 C. Brontë Shirley III. x. 219 A cantlet of cold custard-pudding. 1998 Time 2 Mar. 32/2 There is nothing to eat here at the café except some custard puddings and a pile of Turkish delight. C2. † custard-cap n. Obsolete a type of hat, resembling a custard (sense 1a) in shape, of the kind worn by the sword-bearer of the City of London; (in extended use) a person who wears such a hat.In quot. 1649 perhaps as a depreciative name for the leaders of the Parliamentarian forces in the English Civil War, although the reason for this application is unclear. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > other cap (also hat) of maintenancec1475 hat1483 wishing-hat1600 cockle hat1603 porringer1623 poke1632 custard-cap1649 bonnet1675 muff-box1678 Caroline1687 Quaker1778 meat safe1782 balloon hat1784 gypsy hat1785 cabriolet1797 gypsy bonnet1803 Gypsy1806 Wellington hat1809 fan-tail-hat1810 umbrella hat1817 radical1828 caubeen1831 topi1835 montera1838 Petersham1845 squash hat1860 Moab1864 kiddy1865 flap-hat1866 Dolly Varden1872 brush-hata1877 potae1881 Pope's-hat1886 plateau1890 kelly1915 push-back1920 kiss-me-quick hat1963 pakul1982 tinfoil hat1982 1649 Mercurius Pragmaticus 23–30 Apr. sig. A4 Newes came from Scotland this evening,..that Lesley hath sent (by order from the Committee of Custard-caps) a party of 300. Iockeys to asswage the tumult. 1677 T. D'Urfey Madam Fickle i. 6 You shall drink Bumpers out of your Custard-Cap you Rogue. 1705 E. Ward Fortune's Bounty 7 Just as his Custard Cap does bear The Sword before the City May'r; In mighty Pomp she passed along. 1788 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 2) Custard Cap, the cap worn by the sword-bearer of the City of London, made hollow at the top like a custard. 1894 L. Linton in Eng. Illustr. Mag. 11 85/1 The most heart-broken woman of all that mournful million wears a becoming little custard-cap which enhances her good points. † custard coffin n. Obsolete rare a pie dish or pastry crust for a custard (sense 1a); cf. coffin n. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pastry > [noun] > pastry crust or case coffinc1420 rollera1475 pasty crust1562 custard coffin1581 piecrust1582 crust1598 kissing-crust1708 dripping crust1747 short crust1747 standing crust1747 huff1787 croustade1845 turban1846 1581 in T. P. Wadley Notes Wills Orphan Bk. Bristol (1886) 225 Twelve voyders; a Custerd coffyn. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. iii. 82 It is [a] paltrie cap, A custard coffen, a bauble, a silken pie. View more context for this quotation custard cream n. (a) = sense 1c; (b) chiefly British a type of sweet sandwich biscuit with a vanilla-flavoured cream filling. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > sauce or dressing > [noun] > other sauces galantine1304 civya1325 egerdouce1381 gravy?c1390 camelinea1425 chawdronc1440 saffron sauce?a1505 sibber-sauce1556 ferry?1570 oxoleum1574 slabber-sauce1574 saupiquet1656 slapsauce1708 brown sauce1723 bread sauce1727 custard1747 bechamel1789 caper-sauce1791 tomato sauce1804 custard cream1805 allemande1806 sambal1815 Reading sauce1816 Harvey's Sauce1818 velouté sauce1830 suprême sauce1833 parsley sauce1836 agrodolce1838 Worcestershire sauce1843 espagnole1845 pestoa1848 cheese sauce1854 nam prik1857 Worcester sauce1863 Béarnaise sauce1868 Béarnaise1877 Yorkshire Relish1877 sauce mousseline1892 velvet sauce1893 gribiche1897 mornay sauce1900 sugo1906 sofrito1913 chile con queso1916 foo yung1917 marinara1932 pistou1951 hoisin1957 salsa verde1957 pico de gallo1958 sriracha1959 carbonara1962 amatriciana1963 arrabbiata1963 ponzu1966 puttanesca1971 chermoula1974 tikka masala1975 mojo1983 queso1989 the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > egg dishes > [noun] > custard flawnc1300 charlet?c1390 dariole?a1400 dowset1425 flathonc1430 papina1450 flathec1450 fool1598 custarda1616 burnt cream1723 custard pudding1727 custard pie1729 flummery1747 floating island1771 custard cream1805 charlotte russea1845 crème caramel1846 cup-custard1853 pudding1896 crème renversée1912 leche flan1927 galaktoboureko1950 natillas1969 panna cotta1984 the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > biscuit > [noun] > other biscuits dorcake14.. cracknelc1440 hard breada1500 crackling1598 Naples biscuit1650 gingerbread man1686 chocolate biscuit1702 biscotin1723 sponge biscuit1736 maple biscuita1753 butter biscuit1758 nut1775 Oliver biscuit1786 funeral biscuit1790 rock biscuit?1790 ratafia1801 finger biscuit1812 Savoy drop1816 lady's finger1818 snap1819 Abernethy1830 pretzel1831 wine-biscuit1834 gingersnap1838 captain's biscuit1843 lebkuchen1847 simnel1854 sugar cookie1854 peppernut1862 McClellan pie1863 Savoy ring1866 Brown George1867 beaten biscuit1876 digestive1876 Osborne1876 Bath Oliver1878 marie1878 boer biscuit1882 charcoal biscuit1885 biscotti1886 fairing1888 snickerdoodle1889 pfeffernuss1891 zwieback1894 Nice1895 Garibaldi biscuit1896 Oswegoc1900 squashed fly1900 amaretto1905 boerebeskuit1905 Romary1905 petit beurre1906 Oswego biscuit1907 soetkoekie1910 Oreo1912 custard cream1916 Anzac1923 sweet biscuit1929 langue de chat1931 Bourbon biscuit1932 Afghan1934 flapjack1935 Florentine1936 chocolate chip cookie1938 choc chip cookie1940 Toll House cookie1940 tuile1943 pizzelle1949 black and white1967 Romany Cream1970 papri1978 1805 J. C. Schnebbelie Henderson's Housekeeper's Instructor (ed. 12) Addenda 447 Make your cream like the custard cream, and when the cream is over the fire, let your vanella [sic] be stirred along with it. 1829 Mrs. Dalgairns Pract. Cookery 293 Custard cream. Boil in half a pint of milk..and add to three pints of cream; stir into it the well-beaten yolks of eight eggs,..serve in a glass dish. 1916 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 16 Dec. 4/2 Biscuits are not without their place in this large grocery... We mention the following:..Jam Roll, Custard Creams, [etc.]. 1982 B. MacLaverty Time to Dance (1985) 95 She put some custard creams on a plate and brought the tea in. 1992 European Trav. & Life Mar. 54/2 Vanilla cake..served with vanilla custard cream. 2000 J. Pemberton Forever & Ever Amen i. 9 They weren't in the mood for anything much, except a cup of tea perhaps, and some custard creams. † custard crown n. Obsolete rare (perhaps) a roof similar in shape to a custard (sense 1a); cf. crown n. 26a. ΚΠ 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 19 The houses heere are not such flatte custard Crownes at the top as they are [at Cadiz]. custard cup n. (a) a small heat-resistant dish, typically of porcelain or glass, intended for use as a vessel in which a custard (sense 1b) is baked and served; †(b) (in plural) English regional great willowherb, Epilobium hirsutum, a tall flowering perennial with hairy stems, long, toothed, hairy leaves, and pink flowers with creamy-white stigmas; cf. codlings-and-cream n. at codling n.² Phrases 2 (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > table-vessels > dish or plate > cup, bowl, or basin > other types of cup, bowl, or basin custard cup1670 mustard-bowl1674 rice bowl1828 tou1899 1670 Acct. 9 Aug. in W. M. Myddelton & V. H. Myddelton Gunyon Chirk Castle Accts. (1931) II. 38 Paid for a possett Cup and 6 custard cupps. 1708 H. Howard England's Newest Way Cookery (ed. 2) 77 If you boil the Eggs in the Cream all together, then you may put it in your Custard-cups. 1780 W. Beckford Biogr. Mem. Painters 129 A salver adorned with custard-cups and jelly-glasses. 1878 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names Custard-cups, Epilobium hirsutum. 1906 Country Life 21 Apr. 553/1 The Willow-herb..gives off a pleasant fresh smell from its flowers, young shoots, or bruised leaves; so..it becomes Codlings and Cream, Apple or Gooseberry Pie, or Custard Cups, in country parlance. 1960 Harper's Bazaar Oct. 70/2 Early-Victorian custard cups..in Coalport white porcelain. 2002 Bon Appétit Sept. 104/2 Butter eight..ramekins or custard cups and coat insides with sugar. custard glass n. (a) a small glass, usually with a stem and a handle, in which custard is served; (b) a kind of opaque, pale yellow or greenish glass produced by adding uranium oxides to the mix; cf. uranium glass n. at uranium n. Compounds 2 (now chiefly historical). ΚΠ 1795 S. Martin New Experienced Eng.-Housekeeper vi. 98 Stir it [sc. lemon cream] and when thick take it off, put into custard glasses. 1815 T. S. Surr Magic of Wealth I. viii. 162 He attempted to place his custard glass on the counter; but unfortunately deposited its contents in the old lady's lap. 1860 G. W. Thornbury Turkish Life & Char. I. xi. 259 The network of thin iron bars and cross wires..serve to string together those circles of small custard-glass lamps which are used at night. 1928 Manch. Guardian 9 Apr. 4/1 The Victorian custard glass, with its V-shaped end, is seldom seen on tables nowadays. 1981 Washington Post 2 Jan. (Weekend Suppl.) 14/2 Custard glass was produced in a great many pieces, from tumblers to toothpicks to spooners to salts. 2010 Buffalo News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 17 Apr. c7 Get a black light, shine it on the glass and look for the luminous glow caused by the uranium in real custard glass. custard marrow n. (a) a variety of summer squash ( Cucurbita pepo) having a flattened fruit with a scalloped rim, thin yellow, green, or white skin, and white flesh (also called pattypan); the fruit of this plant; (b) the squash-like fruit of the tropical American vine chayote (see chayote n.), which has green skin, white flesh, and a mild flavour; (also) the plant itself. ΚΠ 1853 Gardeners' Chron. 26 Feb. 129/3 Seed of that very scarce and delicious vegetable Crown Gourd or Custard Marrow, 1s. per packet. 1940 Times 18 Mar. 13/3 Bush varieties, such as the custard marrows, are specially suitable for starting under cloches. 1961 N. Froud et al. tr. P. Montagné & A. Gottschalk Larousse Gastronomique 337/2 The custard marrow is a native of Mexico and the Antilles. 2006 Hutchinson (Kansas) News 16 Aug. b6 Souffle and pork curry also are popular Caribbean dishes featuring custard marrow. † custard-pate n. Obsolete a term of reproach or abuse for a person. ΚΠ 1639 J. Fletcher et al. Bloody Brother iii. ii. sig. G1 Doe you heare Sir? You custard pate, we go to't for high treason. 1703 T. D'Urfey Old Mode & New i. i. 14 Hark ye, Custard-pate,..if you are sawcy, my arbitrary Will may chance to direct the Motions of my Hand and Sword towards the poking of your Guts. custard powder n. a powdered preparation, typically consisting of cornflour with colouring, flavouring, and sugar, which is mixed with milk and heated to make bright yellow custard (sense 1c).One of the earliest preparations of this type was developed in the 1840s by Alfred Bird, a chemist living in Birmingham, allegedly because his wife was fond of eating custard but allergic to eggs.Custard powders which contain other ingredients in place of cornflour, such as sago flour or potato starch, have also been developed. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > substances for food preparation > [noun] > custard powder custard powder1844 1844 Times 3 June 10/3 (advt.) English's Custard Powder,..for the almost instant making of custards, without the aid of eggs. 1852 H. Beasley Druggist's Gen. Receipt Bk. (ed. 2) 268 Custard Powder consists of sago meal, coloured with turmeric, and flavoured. 1917 J. Martin Diary 21 Dec. in Sapper Martin (2010) 155 Oxley and McCormack brought back a good supply of turkeys, beef, pork, cabbages, potatoes, carrots, tinned fruit, biscuits, custard powder, [etc.]. 1951 Good Housek. Home Encycl. 433/2 Mock custards..can be made with cornflour or with the various proprietary custard powders on the market. 2013 Nelson (N.Z.) Mail (Nexis) 16 July 12 Mix the custard powder with a small amount of soy milk to a paste. custard tart n. an open tart with a filling of baked custard, now typically topped with grated nutmeg; cf. custard pie n. 1a. ΚΠ 1856 Bristol Mercury 12 Apr. 7/1 What grief my once blithe spirit drowns?.. 'Tis these confounded custard tarts that on my stomach lie! 1952 T. Armstrong Adam Brunskill v. 157 There were also, to fill up any niches, stewed fruit, scones, custard tart, currant pasty, three varieties of sweetcake and an assortment of buns. 2009 Independent 2 Sept. 16/3 His ‘very deep’ custard tart is made freshly, every day. custard tree n. a tree bearing the custard apple; = custard apple n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > of tropical America > sweet-sop tree sweet-sop1696 water apple1696 sugar-apple1739 purple apple1754 custard tree1760 sweet-apple1760 sugar-sop1847 1760 Mod. Part Universal Hist. XIV. 436 The custard-tree is of the size of a quince-tree, with long, slender, and thick-set branches, spreading all round. 1808 T. Ashe Trav. Amer. 1806 x. 85 [Custard Island abounds] with the papaw, which is vulgarly known by the name of the Custard tree. 1988 S. Ruelland Dictionnaire Tupuri-Français-Anglais 216 Pāŋrē,..wild custard tree; its fruit. Its roots are used in the tanning of hides and as medecine against syphilis. Annona senegalensis. 2006 C. Cusumano Mexico, Love Story 138 I watched crows drop from their roost the fruit of a sour custard tree, feeding turtles below. custard yellow n. and adj. (a) n. a shade of yellow resembling the colour of custard; (b) adj. of this shade or colour. ΚΠ 1861 Ann. Sci. Discov. 370 Dr. C. T. Jackson..mentioned a case in which the stomach, carefully washed, had at first assumed a yellowish tint,..then changing into a pasty mass of a custard yellow. 1875 Gardeners' Chron. 9 Oct. 458/2 Whether the centre be white or cream-white, or yellow or custard-yellow. 1981 T. Wogan Day Job 63 I had played in ‘custard-yellow’ trousers. 1995 Independent (Nexis) 18 Jan. (Arts section) 25 The colours vary, from a custard yellow through to a rather beautiful dirty strawberry. 2003 Daily Tel. 16 May 25/2 Engrossed in a family kickabout in her local park in Notting Hill, Guinness cuts an incongruous figure in her custard yellow football top and tracksuit bottoms. Derivatives ˈcustard-like adj. resembling or reminiscent of custard. ΚΠ 1655 S. Hartlib Legacy (ed. 3) 136 Sugar and Currants, and sweet things, which spoil the stomack, and make the body tender, soft, custard-like, easily melted into fluxes. 1702 J. Floyer Anc. Ψυχρολουσία Revived Postscr. 300 This puff'd up Apollo..put me into a Course of Sweeteners, as he call'd them, the principal of which was a Quart of thin Custard-like-insipid stuff. 1853 A. R. Wallace Narr. Trav. Amazon ii. 22 The beribee, a species of Anona , with a pleasant acid custard-like pulp. 1963 Chicago Tribune 3 Sept. ii. 2/2 (caption) Two layers of custard-like filling, one flavored with chocolate and the other with rum, make this popular black bottom pie. 2012 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 2 May l4 The texture is custard-like and delicate with a hint of salt on the finish. ˈcustardly adj. = custardy adj. ΚΠ 1870 J. Orton Andes & Amazon xix. 290 The rind, which incloses a rich, custardly pulp..is scaled. 1951 Ogden (Utah) Standard Examiner 16 Feb. 24/8 There will be a custardly layer at the bottom and a cake-like layer at the top. 1988 Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) 12 May c12/6 The classic with its custardly base and fine crust was all it should be. ˈcustardy adj. having the taste or consistency of custard; made with custard. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > semi-fluidity > [adjective] slabby1542 pottagy1565 uliginous1576 softa1593 slabbery1600 creamy1610 slutchy1627 slabberish1648 pappy1662 semifluid1775 sloppy1794 sloshy1797 custardy1824 viscous1830 gruelly1838 sposhy1842 squishy1847 squitchy1851 pea-soupy1859 porridgey1859 soupy1869 custardly1870 gloopy1929 gunky1937 spawn-like1938 squodgy1970 gloppy1976 1824 R. W. Dickson Compl. Syst. Improved Live Stock & Cattle Managem. II. 419/2 Boiling new milk with a small piece of alum, in such a manner as not to render it hard and tough, but custardy. 1868 All Year Round 28 Nov. 585/2 The custardy flavour of the bread..is highly pleasant. 1961 M. Beadle These Ruins are Inhabited (1963) iii. 39 Dinner..ends with something custardy. 2013 Radio Times 30 Nov. (South/West ed.) 78/2 He..seeks out a dainty local delicacy, the canelé, with its crispy outside and oozy, custardy middle. 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