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pes⋅tle

  [pes-uhl, pes-tl] noun, verb, -tled, -tling.
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–noun
1. a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
2. any of various appliances for pounding, stamping, etc.
–verb (used with object)
3. to pound or grind with or as if with a pestle.
–verb (used without object)
4. to work with a pestle.
Origin:
1300–50; ME pestel < MF < L pistillum, deriv. of pistus, ptp. of pīnsere to pound, crush
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pes·tle   (pěs'əl, pěs'təl)   


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n.  

  1. A club-shaped, hand-held tool for grinding or mashing substances in a mortar.

  2. A large bar moved vertically to stamp or pound, as in a press or mill.

v.   pes·tled, pes·tling, pes·tles

v.   tr.
To pound, grind, or mash with or as if with a pestle.
v.   intr.
To use a pestle.

[Middle English pestel, from Old French, from Latin pistillum.]
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Word Origin & History

pestle 
1272, from O.Fr. pestel, from L. pistillum "pounder, pestle," related to pinsere "to pound," from PIE *pis-to-, suffixed form of base *peis- "to crush" (cf. Skt. pinasti "pounds, crushes," pistah "anything ground, meal," Gk. ptissein "to winnow," O.C.S. piso, pichati "to push, thrust, strike," pisenica "wheat," Rus. pseno "millet").
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: pes·tle
Pronunciation: 'pes-&l also 'pes-t&l
Function: noun
: a usually club-shaped implement for pounding orgrinding substances in a mortar
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

pestle pes·tle (pěs'əl, pěs'təl)
n.
A club-shaped, hand-held tool for grinding or mashing substances in a mortar.

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