pastil

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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 Lermina, Jules

Stood there not behind the pulpit-stairs the sacristy-cabin, and in this was there not a church-library of consequence--no school-boy could have buckled it wholly in his book-strap--lying under the minever cover of pastil dust?

From The Campaner Thal and Other Writings by Jean Paul

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 Piesse, George William Septimus

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 Piesse, George William Septimus

Maximilian embraced his friend and swallowed the pastil.

From The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I by Lermina, Jules