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Pastil   Listen
noun
Pastel  n.  
1.
A crayon made of a paste composed of a color ground with gum water. (Sometimes incorrectly written pastil) "Charming heads in pastel."
2.
(Bot.) A plant affording a blue dye; the woad (Isatis tinctoria); also, the dye itself.


Pastille, Pastil  n.  
1.
(Pharmacy) A small cone or mass made of paste of gum, benzoin, cinnamon, and other aromatics, used for fumigating or scenting the air of a room.
2.
An aromatic or medicated lozenge, especially one used to soothe a sore throat; a troche.
Synonyms: cough drop, troche.
3.
See Pastel, a crayon.





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"Pastil" Quotes from Famous Books



... wood; bay rum; calambac[obs3], calambour[obs3]; champak[obs3], horehound[ISA:plant@mint], lign-aloes[obs3], marrubium[obs3], mint, muskrat, napha water[obs3], olibanum[obs3], spirit of myrcia[obs3]. essential oil. incense; musk, frankincense; pastil[obs3], pastille; myrrh, perfumes of Arabia[obs3]; otto[obs3], ottar[obs3], attar; bergamot, balm, civet, potpourri, pulvil|; nosegay; scentbag[obs3]; sachet, smelling bottle, vinaigrette; eau de Cologne[Fr], toilet water, lotion, after-shave lotion; thurification[obs3]. perfumer. ...
— Roget's Thesaurus


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