pastey

English

Adjective

pastey (comparative pastier, superlative pastiest)

Rare spelling of pasty.
- 1786, Thomas Kirkland, “On Strumæ, or the Evil”, in An Inquiry into the Present State of Medical Surgery; […], volume II, London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […] and William Dawson, […], page 450:
  But ſore inflamed eyes, accompanied with paſtey face, ſwelled or chapped lips, and ſwelled noſtrils, have been looked upon to be characteriſtics of this diſeaſe; […]
- 1913 December, Manthei Howe, “Feeding the Children”, in Alson Secor, editor, Successful Farming, Des Moines, Ia.: Successful Farming Publishing Co., page 66, column 1:
  We could not convince her that the pastey skin and scrawny hands meant that the baby was not well nourished; that he had the best chance in the world to develop a serious stomach or intestinal disorder.
- 1972, Eleanor Hyde [pseudonym; Frances Cowen], chapter 13, in Tudor Maid, London: Robert Hale & Company, →ISBN, page 170:
  Those on the benches turned and ceased their drinking, the tapster, a large man with a pastey face and straggly beard, paused from drawing beer as the party moved onwards in silence to the long settle.
- 1984, Ron Olson, Three for the Bobcat (Bannack’s All-Family-Western Series; 1), Billings, Mont.: Bannack Publishing Co., →ISBN, page 76:
  His shirt was plastered to his pastey skin, and the sweat poured from his puffy face.
- 1988 August, Duncan Long, chapter 10, in Anti-Grav Unlimited, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 60:
  We sat and talked, tried to get the pastey food through the intake port of our suits (Jake was the only one who was very successful at this), and tried to discreetly use the waste disposal system in the suits with a minimum of fuss.
- 1996, Dean Beeby, “The Stranger in Room 11”, in Cargo of Lies: The True Story of a Nazi Double Agent in Canada, Toronto, Ont.; Buffalo, N.Y.; London: University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 24:
  His pastey face was vaguely rat-like.
- 2006 August 4, Dave Cornthwaite, quoting Steve Furness, “A Letter”, in BoardFree: The Story of an Incredible Skateboard Journey across Australia, London: Portico, published 2007, →ISBN, page 1:
  To think that you can brave one of the harshest environments on the planet for the length of time you are planning with that pastey skin of yours is just laughable.