PASTEL

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A crayon made of a paste composed of a color ground with gum water. [Sometimes incorrectly written pastil.] "Charming heads in pastel." W. Black.

2.
n.

A plant affording a blue dye; the woad (Isatis tinctoria); also, the dye itself.


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