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pastille

UK /ˈpæst(ɪ)l/US /pæsˈtil/

noun 5
verb 1
forms 3

noun5

A flavoured candy or sweet, often round and somewhat flat in shape.
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Any small, usually round and somewhat flat, granular piece of material; a tablet.
- Watercolors of professional quality come in small pastilles of dry pigment, in pans of semi-moist paint, or in tubes or bottles of liquid watercolor. — 2003
A candy- or sweet-like lozenge, which, when sucked, releases substances that soothe a sore throat, and sometimes vapours to help unblock the nose or sinuses.
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(historical) A small pellet containing aromatic substances, burned to diffuse a fragrance or to disinfect or fumigate.
- At the end he felt faint and sick, and having lit some Algerian pastilles in a pierced copper brazier, he bathed his hands and forehead with a cool musk-scented vinegar. — 1891
(historical) A medicinal pill, originally made of compressed herbs.

verb1

To make into a pastille.

forms

pastilled · pastilling · pastilles

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