Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To burn pastils; fumigate.
- noun A small roll of aromatic paste, composed of gum-benzoin, sandalwood, spices, charcoal-powder, etc., designed to be burned as a fumigator, disinfectant, etc.
- noun A kind of sugared confection, usually of strong flavor, of a round flat shape, like peppermint-drops.
- noun In art: A thin round cake of water-color, of French origin, in consistency between the old hard cake and the tube-color.
- noun The method of painting with colors prepared as pastils, or a drawing produced by means of them.
- noun In pyrotechny, a paper case filled with a burning composition, intended to cause the rotation of a wheel or similar object to the periphery of which it is attached, on the principle of the pin-wheel or catharine-wheel.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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.
- noun An aromatic or medicated lozenge, especially one used to soothe a sore throat; a troche.
- noun See
Pastel , a crayon.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat
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Examples
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When she saw that the wine had gotten the better of his senses, she thrust her hand into her bosom and brought out a pastil of virgin
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"Throw open the door of the boudoir, Aminadab," said Aylmer, "and burn a pastil."
The Short-story William Patterson Atkinson
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It was his wont to paste up long altar-pieces of Liana's charms, charms which her father had sought to enhance by means of delicate and almost meagre fare, by shutting up his orangery, whose window he seldom lifted off from this flower of a milder clime -- until she had become a tender creature of pastil-dust, which the gusts of fate and monsoons of climate could almost blow to pieces.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction Various 1910
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"Throw open the door of the boudoir, Aminadab," said Aylmer, "and burn a pastil."
Stories of Mystery Various 1885
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"Well, then, let it be so," said Monte-Cristo sternly, as he took a greenish, strongly smelling pastil from a box cut from an opal.
The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I Jules Lermina 1877
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Maximilian embraced his friend and swallowed the pastil.
The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I Jules Lermina 1877
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When she saw that the wine had gotten the better of his senses, she thrust her hand into her bosom and brought out a pastil of virgin Cretan-Bhang, which she had provided against such an hour, whereof if an elephant smelt a dirham's weight, he would sleep from year to year.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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The use of charcoal in a pastil is merely for burning, producing, during its combustion, the heat required to quickly volatilize the perfuming material with which it is surrounded.
The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants George William Septimus Piesse 1851
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After well beating in a mortar, the pastils are formed in shape with a pastil mould, and gradually dried.
The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants George William Septimus Piesse 1851
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Now a well-made pastil should not develope any odor of its own, but simply volatilize that fragrant matter, whatever it be, used in its manufacture.
The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants George William Septimus Piesse 1851
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