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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Pastel

/păs-tĕl'/ · Pas·tel · IPA /pæsˈtɛl/
01 n. A crayon made of a paste composed of a color ground with gum water.
  1. 1.
    A crayon made of a paste composed of a color ground with gum water.
  2. 2.
    A plant affording a blue dye; the woad (Isatis tinctoria); also, the dye itself.(Bot.)