n. 1 a small sweet or lozenge. 2 a small roll of aromatic paste burnt as a fumigator etc. pastille-burner an ornamental ceramic container in which an aromatic pastille may be burnt.
[ F f. L pastillus little loaf, lozenge f. panis loaf ]
n. 1 a small sweet or lozenge. 2 a small roll of aromatic paste burnt as a fumigator etc. pastille-burner an ornamental ceramic container in which an aromatic pastille may be burnt.
[ F f. L pastillus little loaf, lozenge f. panis loaf ]
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012