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  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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