PASTELS

Noun

pastels

plural of pastel

Anagrams

• Staples, staples, tapless

Source: Wiktionary


PASTEL

Pas"tel, n. Etym: [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.)

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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