pastille
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Any of several subdued tints of colors, usually associated with pink, peach, yellow, green, blue and lavender
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A drawing made with any of those colors.
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A type of dried paste used to make crayons.
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A crayon made from such a paste.
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Woad.
“Wool was dyed in the pastel vat.”
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A traditional dish in various Latin American countries, resembling a tamale, pasty, or calzone.
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A soft flavoured sweet/candy.
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A medicinal pill, originally compressed herbs. A throat pastille is a large candy-like lozenge, which, when sucked, releases oils to soothe a sore throat and sometimes vapors to help unblock the nose or sinuses.
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A small granular half-spheroid piece of material.
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A small cone of charcoal and aromatic substances, burned either as incense, or as a means of diffusing an agreeable odour.
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A paper tube containing a firework that causes a small wheel to rotate in burning.
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