Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pastries"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pastry \Pas"try\, n.; pl. {Pastries}.
1. The place where pastry is made. [Obs.] --Shak.
2. Articles of food made of paste, or having a crust made of
paste, as pies, tarts, etc.
{Pastry cook}, one whose occupation is to make pastry; as,
the pastry cook of a hotel.
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