Pastil

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. (Bot.) A plant affording a blue dye; the woad ({Isatis
        tinctoria}); also, the dye itself.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. An aromatic or medicated lozenge, especially one used to
        soothe a sore throat; a troche. [WordNet sense 1]
  
     Syn: cough drop, troche.
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     3. See {Pastel}, a crayon.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pastil
       n : a medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat [syn: {cough
           drop}, {troche}, {pastille}]