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Webster 1913 Edition

Pastel

Pas′tel

,
Noun.
[F.; cf. It.
pastello
. Cf.
Pastil
.]
1.
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.
(Bot.)
A plant affording a blue dye; the woad (
Isatis tinctoria
); also, the dye itself.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pastel

PAS'TEL

,
Noun.
A plant, the woad, of the genus Isatis.
1.
A coloring substance.

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