pastil
Example Sentences
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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 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
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
She moved away, leaving the pastil on the dish.
From A Roman Singer by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
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
