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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pastel \Pas"tel\, n. [F.; cf It pastello Cf {Pastil}.]
1. A crayon made of a paste composed of a color ground with
gum water. [Sometimes incorrectly written {pastil}.]
``Charming heads in pastel.'' --W. Black.
2. (Bot.) A plant affording a blue dye; the woad ({Isatis
tinctoria}); also the dye itself
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
pastel
adj 1: lacking in body or vigor; "faded pastel charms of the naive
music"
2: delicate and pale in color; "pastel pink"
n : any of various pale or light colors
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