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Webster 1913 Edition


Pastille

{

Pas′til

,

Pas-tille′

, }
Noun.
[F.
pastille
, L.
pastillus
a 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, especially one used to soothe a sore throat; a troche.
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Syn. – cough drop, troche.
3.
See
Pastel
, a crayon.