Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small medicated or flavored tablet; a troche.
- noun A tablet containing aromatic substances that is burned to fumigate or deodorize the air.
- noun A pastel paste or crayon.
from The Century Dictionary.
- See
pastil .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A soft
flavoured candy . - noun A
medicinal pill , originallycompressed herbs . A throat pastille is a large candy-likelozenge , which, when sucked, releasesoils to soothe a sore throat and sometimesvapors to help unblock thenose orsinuses . - noun A small
granular halfspheroid piece of material.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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- in fabric design, "une pastille" is a large round spot - "un pois" (= pea) being smaller.
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Scenes taken from mythology were done in what was known as "pastille," composition work raised and painted on a gold background.
Woman as Decoration Emily Burbank
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The words made their way over my tongue like a sweet pastille of possibility.
French Word-A-Day: 2010
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The words made their way over my tongue like a sweet pastille of possibility.
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But he picked up a Chocorange and read the label on it: sugar-free, healthy, tooth-friendly, it said, only four calories per pastille.
Portobello Ruth Rendell 2010
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The words made their way over my tongue like a sweet pastille of possibility.
French Word-A-Day: 2010
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Noting the four Secret Service guns at the edge of the stage, I took one fearful precaution: having been sucking on lozenges all day (my throat was dry and I was scheduled to sing that night at the Class Cabaret), I gathered a few into my left hand rather than risk the ignominy of being shot down as I reached into my cutaway for a pastille.
Colin Powell Changes His Tune Stephen Mo Hanan 2010
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The words made their way over my tongue like a sweet pastille of possibility.
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Noting the four Secret Service guns at the edge of the stage, I took one fearful precaution: having been sucking on lozenges all day (my throat was dry and I was scheduled to sing that night at the Class Cabaret), I gathered a few into my left hand rather than risk the ignominy of being shot down as I reached into my cutaway for a pastille.
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We offer the pastille in our Entertainment Luxury line because it is multifunctional and great to relax and surf the net while sitting in your game room.
travismcdermott commented on the word pastille
1451 Corpus Christi Acct. Rolls in A. F. Johnston & M. Rogerson Rec. Early. Eng. Drama: York (1979) I. 78 Item in pane subtili vocato symnell & Pastill vij s x d.
July 12, 2008
knitandpurl commented on the word pastille
"Two, three, four paces down the hall, past a pastille burner, and Billy steers me to the left into a blue-tiled bathroom."
Forgetting Elena by Edmund White, p 122 of the Vintage International paperback edition
November 21, 2009