pastil
Example Sentences
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The product of the combustion of charcoal is inodorous, and therefore does not in any way interfere with the fragrance of the pastil.
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)
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
Her ladyship rose, and taking a stick of Eastern pastil from a majolica dish in a corner made Nino light it from a wax taper.
From A Roman Singer by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
