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pestle |
3 definitions found 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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