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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

pestle

/(pĕs"t'l [or] pĕs"'l; 277)/ · pes·tle · IPA /ˈpɛsəl/
01 n. An implement for pounding and breaking or braying substances in a mortar; as, to grind with a mortar and pestle.
  1. 1.
    An implement for pounding and breaking or braying substances in a mortar; as, to grind with a mortar and pestle.
  2. 2.
    A constable's or bailiff's staff; -- so called from its shape.[Obs.]
  3. 3.
    The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig; as, a pestle of pork.
02 v. t. & i. To pound, pulverize, bray, or mix with a pestle, or as with a pestle; to use a pestle.
imp. & p. p. Pestled; p. pr. & vb. n. Pestling
  1. 1.
    To pound, pulverize, bray, or mix with a pestle, or as with a pestle; to use a pestle.