Păs'tel, n.

n. [Fr. & Sp. pastel, It. pastello, from pasta. See supra.]

1. A roll of paste, or a kind of paste made of different colors ground with gum-water, and used like a crayon; a roll of colored paste; a colored crayon. [Sometimes incorrectly written pastil.]
2. A plant affording a blue dye, the wood Isatis tinctoria; also, the coloring matter obtained from it.