pastil
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Stood there not behind the pulpit-stairs the sacristy-cabin, and in this was there not a church-library of consequence—no schoolboy could have buckled it wholly in his book-strap—lying under the minever cover of pastil dust?
From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Thomas Carlyle
She moved away, leaving the pastil on the dish.
From A Roman Singer by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
As for Tom Moore, some of his songs diffused an odor like a burning pastil.
From Earth's Holocaust (From "Mosses from an Old Manse") by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Now a well-made pastil should not develope any odor of its own, but simply volatilize that fragrant matter, whatever it be, used in its manufacture.
From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by George William Septimus Piesse
"Well, then, let it be so," said Monte-Cristo sternly, as he took a greenish, strongly smelling pastil from a box cut from an opal.
From The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I by Jules Lermina
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