PESTLE

pestle

Noun

  1. A club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.
  2. A constable's or bailiff's staff; so called from its shape.
  3. The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig.
    a pestle of pork

Verb

  1. To pound, crush, rub or grind (things), as in a mortar with a pestle.


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