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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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