Category: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.)

Defn: a plant affording a blue dye; the woad (isatis tinctoria); Also, the dye itself.