pastil

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Stood there not behind the pulpit-stairs the sacristy-cabin, and in this was there not a church-library of consequence—no schoolboy could have buckled it wholly in his book-strap—lying under the minever cover of pastil dust?

From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Carlyle, Thomas

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

She moved away, leaving the pastil on the dish.

From A Roman Singer by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)

Maximilian embraced his friend and swallowed the pastil.

From The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I by Lermina, Jules