Definitions for: Pestle

[n] a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar
[n] 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
[n] machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores
[v] grind or pulverize in a pestle

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

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.

Synonyms: muller, pounder, stamp

See Also: battery, bray, comminute, crunch, grind, hand tool, machine, mash, stamp battery, tool

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