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PESTLE
pestle
(noun) a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar
pestle, muller, pounder
(noun) a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone
stamp, pestle
(noun) machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores
pestle
(verb) grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar; “pestle the garlic”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pestle (plural pestles)
A club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.
(archaic) A constable's or bailiff's staff; so called from its shape.
The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig.
Coordinate terms
• muddler
Verb
pestle (third-person singular simple present pestles, present participle pestling, simple past and past participle pestled)
(transitive) To pound, crush, rub or grind, as in a mortar with a pestle.
Anagrams
• steple
Source: Wiktionary
Pes"tle, n. Etym: [OE. pestel, OF. pestel, LL. pestellum, L. pistillum, pistillus, a pounder, pestle, fr. pisere, pinsere, to pound, crush, akin to Gr. 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.
Pes"tle, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Pestled; p. pr. & vb. n. Pestling.]
Definition: To pound, pulverize, bray, or mix with a pestle, or as with a pestle; to use a pestle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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