The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Custard \Cus"tard\ (k[u^]s"t[~e]rd), 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.
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   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.
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