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pastil |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pastil \Pas"til\, Pastille \Pas*tille"\, n. [F. pastille, L. pastillusa pastus food. See {Pasture}, and cf {Pastel}.] 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; a troche. 3. See {Pastel}, a crayon. 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]: pastil n : a medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat [syn: {cough drop}, {troche}, {pastille}]
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