small meat pie or turnover resembling paste in color; pallid; "the looked pasty and red-eyed"; "a complexion that had been pastelike was now chalky white
In Britain, a pasty is a small pie which consists of pastry folded around meat, vegetables, or cheese. see also Cornish pasty. a pasty face looks very pale and unhealthy (paste). pasties a small pastry case filled with meat, vegetables etc and baked