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Webster 1913 Edition

Pistillation

Pisˊtil-la′tion

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Noun.

[L.

pistillum

a pestle.]

The act of pounding or breaking in a mortar; pestillation.

[Obs.]

Sir T. Browne.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pistillation

PISTILLA'TION

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Noun.

[L. pistillum, a pestle, that is, a beater or driver.] The act of pounding in a mortar. [Little used.]