custard,
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.