pastille : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pastille	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for pastille
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pastille n a medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat [syn: {cough drop}, troche, pastille, pastil]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pastil \Pas"til\, Pastille \Pas*tille"\, n. [F. pastille, L. pastillusa pastus food. See {Pasture}, and cf. {Pastel}.] 1. (Pharmacy) A small cone or mass made of paste of gum, benzoin, cinnamon, and other aromatics, -- used for fumigating or scenting the air of a room. 2. An aromatic or medicated lozenge; a troche. 3. See {Pastel}, a crayon.