'Pastil' definitions:
Definition of 'pastil'
From: WordNet
noun
Definition of 'Pastil'
From: GCIDE
- Pastil \Pas"til\, Pastille \Pas*tille"\, n. [F. pastille, L. pastillusa 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An aromatic or medicated lozenge, especially one used to soothe a sore throat; a troche. [WordNet sense 1]
- Syn: cough drop, troche. [1913 Webster]
- 3. See Pastel, a crayon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'pastil'
From: GCIDE
- Pastel \Pas"tel\, n. [F.; cf. It. pastello. Cf. Pastil.]
- 1. A crayon made of a paste composed of a color ground with gum water. [Sometimes incorrectly written pastil.] "Charming heads in pastel." --W. Black. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) A plant affording a blue dye; the woad ({Isatis tinctoria}); also, the dye itself. [1913 Webster]