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

"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

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

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)

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