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Pudding \Pud"ding\, n. [Cf. F. boudin black pudding, sausage, L.
botulus, botellus, a sausage, G. & Sw. pudding pudding, Dan.
podding, pudding, LG. puddig thick, stumpy, W. poten, potten,
also E. pod, pout, v.]
1. A species of food of a soft or moderately hard
consistence, variously made, but often a compound of flour
or meal, with milk and eggs, etc.
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And solid pudding against empty praise. --Pope.
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2. Anything resembling, or of the softness and consistency
of, pudding.
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3. An intestine; especially, an intestine stuffed with meat,
etc.; a sausage. --Shak.
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4. Any food or victuals.
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Eat your pudding, slave, and hold your tongue.
--Prior.
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5. (Naut.) Same as {Puddening}.
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{Pudding grass} (Bot.), the true pennyroyal ({Mentha
Pulegium}), formerly used to flavor stuffing for roast
meat. --Dr. Prior.
{Pudding pie}, a pudding with meat baked in it. --Taylor
(1630).
{Pudding pipe} (Bot.), the long, cylindrical pod of the
leguminous tree {Cassia Fistula}. The seeds are separately
imbedded in a sweetish pulp. See {Cassia}.
{Pudding sleeve}, a full sleeve like that of the English
clerical gown. --Swift.
{Pudding stone}. (Min.) See {Conglomerate}, n., 2.
{Pudding time}.
(a) The time of dinner, pudding being formerly the dish
first eaten. [Obs.] --Johnson.
(b) The nick of time; critical time. [Obs.]
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Mars, that still protects the stout,
In pudding time came to his aid. --Hudibras.
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canafistola \canafistola\, canafistula \canafistula\n.
a deciduous or semi-evergreen tree ({Cassia fistula}) having
scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods
whose pulp is used medicinally; it grows in tropical Asia,
Central and South America, and Australia.
Syn: golden shower tree, drumstick tree, purging cassia,
pudding pipe tree, canafistola.
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Cassia \Cas"sia\ (k[a^]sh"[.a]), n. [L. cassia and casia, Gr.
kassi`a and kasi`a; of Semitic origin; cf. Heb.
qets[imac][=a]h, fr. q[=a]tsa' to cut off, to peel off.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants (herbs, shrubs, or
trees) of many species, most of which have purgative
qualities. The leaves of several species furnish the senna
used in medicine.
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2. The bark of several species of {Cinnamomum} grown in
China, etc.; Chinese cinnamon. It is imported as {cassia},
but commonly sold as cinnamon, from which it differs more
or less in strength and flavor, and the amount of outer
bark attached.
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Note: The medicinal "cassia" (Cassia pulp) is the laxative
pulp of the pods of a leguminous tree ({Cassia fistula}
or Pudding-pipe tree), native in the East Indies but
naturalized in various tropical countries.
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{Cassia bark}, the bark of {Cinnamomum cassia}, etc. The
coarser kinds are called {Cassia lignea}, and are often
used to adulterate true cinnamon.
{Cassia buds}, the dried flower buds of several species of
cinnamon ({Cinnamomum cassia}, atc..).
{Cassia oil}, oil extracted from cassia bark and cassia buds;
-- called also {oil of cinnamon}.
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