Definition of pestle

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Pestle (n.) An implement for pounding and breaking or braying substances in a mortar.

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Pestle :: Pestle (n.) An implement for pounding and breaking or braying substances in a mortar.
Pestle :: Pestle (v. t. & i.) To pound, pulverize, bray, or mix with a pestle, or as with a pestle; to use a pestle..
Muller :: Muller (n.) A stone or thick lump of glass, or kind of pestle, flat at the bottom, used for grinding pigments or drugs, etc., upon a slab of similar material..
Pestled :: Pestled (imp. & p. p.) of Pestl.
Stamp :: Stamp (v. t.) A kind of heavy hammer, or pestle, raised by water or steam power, for beating ores to powder; anything like a pestle, used for pounding or bathing..
Pestle :: Pestle (n.) The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig; as, a pestle of pork..
Mash :: Mash (v. t.) To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; to bruise; to crush; as, to mash apples in a mill, or potatoes with a pestle. Specifically (Brewing), to convert, as malt, or malt and meal, into the mash which makes wort..
Pound :: Pound (v. t.) To comminute and pulverize by beating; to bruise or break into fine particles with a pestle or other heavy instrument; as, to pound spice or salt..
Pestle :: Pestle (n.) A constable's or bailiff's staff; -- so called from its shape.
Pounder :: Pounder (n.) An instrument used for pounding; a pestle.
Pestilation :: Pestilation (n.) The act of pounding and bruising with a pestle in a mortar.
Mortar :: Mortar (n.) A strong vessel, commonly in form of an inverted bell, in which substances are pounded or rubbed with a pestle..
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