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.