\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.
         And solid pudding against empty praise. --Pope.
2. Anything resembling, or of the softness and consistency
   of, pudding.
3. An intestine; especially, an intestine stuffed with meat,
   etc.; a sausage. --Shak.
4. Any food or victuals.
         Eat your pudding, slave, and hold your tongue.
                                               --Prior.
5. (Naut.) Same as {Puddening}.
{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.]
             Mars, that still protects the stout, In pudding
             time came to his aid.             --Hudibras.