(adj) resembling paste in color; pallid, Syn. pastelike, Example:he looked pasty and red-eyed; a complexion that had been pastelike was now chalky white
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n. [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Bot.) A plant affording a blue dye; the woad (Isatis tinctoria); also, the dye itself. [ 1913 Webster ]