pastil
Example Sentences
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"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
Maximilian embraced his friend and swallowed the pastil.
From The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I by Jules Lermina
Her ladyship rose, and taking a stick of Eastern pastil from a majolica dish in a corner made Nino light it from a wax taper.
From A Roman Singer by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
The product of the combustion of charcoal is inodorous, and therefore does not in any way interfere with the fragrance of the pastil.
From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by George William Septimus Piesse
The use of charcoal in a pastil is merely for burning, producing, during its combustion, the heat required to quickly volatilize the perfuming material with which it is surrounded.
From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by George William Septimus Piesse
