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Meanings of pastil in English

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A medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat.

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Examples for "pastille"
Examples for "pastille"
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Perhaps he exhales a delicate scent, as he chews a pastille.
The Physiology of Marriage, Part 2
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In between white and pink, we find the quasi-aristocratic pink with yellow pastille.
The Irish Times
3
He picked out a red pastille: that was sure to bring him good luck.
Shadows in the twilight
4
France officially adopted the pastille verte, a green windshield sticker, to combat air pollution yesterday.
The Irish Times
5
As for Tom Moore, some of his songs diffused an odor like a burning pastille.
The apocalypse reader
1
Do take a troche.
The Window-Gazer
2
At Cafe Tabac, Ms. Turner and Ms. Troche eyed every second woman who walked past.
The new yorker
3
It's the second experience in Troche and May's Perspective series-thefirst let people experience two sides of a sexual assault.
Wired
4
In the world she had been called Marie de la Troche, and her family was one of the highest in Anjou.
The Life of the Venerable Mother Mary of the Incarnation
5
"Have a troche, Kronborg," he said, producing some.
The Song of the Lark
1
I wondered if I should offer her a cough drop.
Dexter is delicious
2
He's not exactly chatty-asyou know. The cough drop flips around between his teeth.
Anthropology of an american girl: a novel
3
Sounds like she could use a cough drop.
Stinger
4
Lady, can't ya take a cough drop?
The cactus eaters: how I lost my mind-and almost found myself-on...
5
Anybody got a cough drop?
A Man and His Money
Usage of pastil in English
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She moved away, leaving the pastil on the dish.
A Roman Singer
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As for Tom Moore, some of his songs diffused an odor like a burning pastil.
Earth's Holocaust (From "Mosses from an Old Manse")
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Now a well-made pastil should not developeany odor of its own, but simply volatilize that fragrant matter, whatever it be, used in its manufacture.
The Art of Perfumery, and Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plan...
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Pastils-TheCenser-Vasein the British Museum-Method of using the Censer-Incense for Altar Service-Yellow Pastils-Dr.
The Art of Perfumery, and Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plan...
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I will certainly bring you some pastils, and have them better packed, if it is possible.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3
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The pastils of the moderns are really but a very slight modification of the incense of the ancients.
The Art of Perfumery, and Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plan...
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There is not much variety in the formula of the pastils that are now in use; we have first the
The Art of Perfumery, and Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plan...
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The German soldiers were equipped with apparatus for the purpose of firing dwellings, incendiary pastils, machines for spraying petroleum, etc.
History of the World War: An Authentic Narrative of the World's...
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An odour of the rarest Arabian frankincense was wafted from the pastils burning on a curiously wrought tripod of Corinthian brass.
A Friend of Cæsar: A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Tim...
10
"Throw open the door of the boudoir, Aminadab," said Aylmer, "and burn a pastil."
Mosses from an Old Manse, and Other Stories
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I have brought you four cups and saucers, one red and white, one blue and white, and two coloured; and a little box of pastils.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3
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It doth very well with it, to put into the Sack (immediately before you put in the cream) some Ambergreece, or Ambered-sugar, or Pastils.
The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened
Pastil through the time