Custard

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Custard \Cus"tard\ (k[u^]s"t[~e]rd), n. [Prob. the same word as
     OE. crustade, crustate, a pie made with a crust, fr. L.
     crustatus covered with a crust, p. p. of crustare, fr. crusta
     crust; cf. OF. croustade pasty, It. crostata, or F. coutarde.
     See {Crust}, and cf. {Crustated}.]
     A mixture of milk and eggs, sweetened, and baked or boiled.


     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Custard apple} (Bot.), a low tree or shrub of tropical
        America, including several species of {Anona} ({Anona
        squamosa}, {Anona reticulata}, etc.), having a roundish or
        ovate fruit the size of a small orange, containing a soft,
        yellowish, edible pulp.
  
     {Custard coffin}, pastry, or crust, which covers or coffins a
        custard [Obs.] --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  custard
       n : sweetened mixture of milk and eggs baked or boiled or frozen