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Pastille   Listen
noun
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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"Pastille" Quotes from Famous Books



... the reader pity me, or rather laugh at me, to tell how many awkward ways I took to raise this pastil; what odd, misshapen, ugly things I made; how many of them fell in, and how many fell out, the clay not being stiff enough to bear its own weight; how many cracked by the over violent heat of the sun, being set out too hastily; and how many fell in pieces ...
— The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Of York, Mariner, Vol. 1 • Daniel Defoe


Words linked to "Pastille" :   lozenge, pastil


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