- a variation of pastille.
pastil
Example Sentences
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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.
From The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I by Lermina, Jules
She moved away, leaving the pastil on the dish.
From A Roman Singer by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
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.
From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by Piesse, George William Septimus
As for Tom Moore, some of his songs diffused an odor like a burning pastil.
From Earth's Holocaust (From "Mosses from an Old Manse") by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
After well beating in a mortar, the pastils are formed in shape with a pastil mould, and gradually dried.
From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by Piesse, George William Septimus
