Pestle



ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
An implement for pounding and breaking or braying substances in a mortar.
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; as, a pestle of pork.
verb
1.
(TRANSITIVE, INTRANSITIVE) To pound, pulverize, bray, or mix with a pestle, or as with a pestle; to use a pestle.