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Webster 1913 Edition
pestle
pes′tle
(pĕs′t’l or pĕs′’l; 277)
, Noun.
[OE.
pestel
, OF. pestel
, LL. pestellum
, L. pistillum
, pistillus
, a pounder, pestle, fr. pisere
, pinsere
, to pound, crush, akin to Gr. πτίσσειν
, Skr. pish
. Cf. Pistil
.] 1.
An implement for pounding and breaking or braying substances in a mortar;
as, to grind with a mortar and
. pestle
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 porkpes′tle
,Verb.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pestle
PESTLE
,Noun.
Pestle of port, a gammon of bacon.
Definition 2024
pestle
pestle
English
A mortar and pestle with black peppercorns.
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.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chapman to this entry?)
- The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig.
- a pestle of pork
Coordinate terms
Translations
instrument used with a mortar to grind things
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Verb
pestle (third-person singular simple present pestles, present participle pestling, simple past and past participle pestled)