PESTLE

n. v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

An implement for pounding and breaking or braying substances in a mortar.

2.
n.

A constable's or bailiff's staff; -- so called from its shape. [Obs.] Chapman.

3.
n.

The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig; as, a pestle of pork.

4.
v.

To pound, pulverize, bray, or mix with a pestle, or as with a pestle; to use a pestle.


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