pestle.
A club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.
Meaning & usage
A club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.
A constable's or bailiff's staff; so called from its shape.
The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig.
a pestle of pork
Where this word comes from
From Middle English pestel, pestell, from Old French pestel, from Latin pistillum, from pīnsō (“pound, beat”). Doublet of pistil and pistillum.
To pound, crush, rub or grind, as in a mortar with a pestle.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English pestel, pestell, from Old French pestel, from Latin pistillum, from pīnsō (“pound, beat”). Doublet of pistil and pistillum.
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