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pastel


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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