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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pestle \Pes"tle\, n. [OE. pestel, OF pestel, LL pestellum L.
pistillum pistillus a pounder, pestle, fr pisere, pinsere
to pound, crush, akin to Gr ?, Skr. pish. Cf {Pistil}.]
1. An implement for pounding and breaking or braying
substances in a mortar.
2. A constable's or bailiff's staff; -- so called from its
shape. [Obs.] --Chapman.
3. The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig;
as a pestle of pork.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pestle \Pes"tle\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Pestled}; p. pr &
vb n. {Pestling}.]
To pound, pulverize, bray, or mix with a pestle, or as with a
pestle; to use a pestle.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
pestle
n 1: a heavy bar that moves vertically for crushing ores [syn: {stamp}]
2: a club-shaped hand tool for grinding substances in a mortar
v : grind or pulverize in a pestle
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