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Bastile Bastille
Bastile Bastille Bas*tile" Bas*tille", n. [F. bastille
fortress, OF. bastir to build, F. b?tir.]
1. (Feud. Fort.) A tower or an elevated work, used for the
defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place.
The high bastiles . . . which overtopped the walls.
--Holland.
2. ``The Bastille', formerly a castle or fortress in Paris,
used as a prison, especially for political offenders;
hence, a rhetorical name for a prison.
Castillan
Castillan Cas*til"lan, a.
Of or pertaining to Castile, in Spain.
Castilleia coccineaPainted Paint"ed, a.
1. Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors.
As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.
--Coleridge.
2. (Nat. Hist.) Marked with bright colors; as, the painted
turtle; painted bunting.
Painted beauty (Zo["o]l.), a handsome American butterfly
(Vanessa Huntera), having a variety of bright colors,
Painted cup (Bot.), any plant of an American genus of herbs
(Castilleia) in which the bracts are usually
bright-colored and more showy than the flowers.
Castilleia coccinea has brilliantly scarlet bracts, and
is common in meadows.
Painted finch. See Nonpareil.
Painted lady (Zo["o]l.), a bright-colored butterfly. See
Thistle butterfly.
Painted turtle (Zo["o]l.), a common American freshwater
tortoise (Chrysemys picta), having bright red and yellow
markings beneath. Castilloa elasticaUle U"le, n. [Sp.] (Bot.)
A Mexican and Central American tree (Castilloa elastica and
C. Markhamiana) related to the breadfruit tree. Its milky
juice contains caoutchouc. Called also ule tree. PastillePastil Pas"til, Pastille Pas*tille", n. [F. pastille, L.
pastillusa pastus food. See Pasture, and cf. Pastel.]
1. (Pharmacy) A small cone or mass made of paste of gum,
benzoin, cinnamon, and other aromatics, -- used for
fumigating or scenting the air of a room.
2. An aromatic or medicated lozenge; a troche.
3. See Pastel, a crayon.
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