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Webster 1913 Edition

pestle

pes′tle

(pĕs′t’l or pĕs′’l; 277)
,
Noun.
[OE.
pestel
, OF.
pestel
, LL.
pestellum
, L.
pistillum
,
pistillus
, a pounder, pestle, fr.
pisere
,
pinsere
, to pound, crush, akin to Gr.
πτίσσειν
, Skr.
pish
. Cf.
Pistil
.]
1.
An implement for pounding and breaking or braying substances in a mortar;
as, to grind with a mortar and
pestle
.
2.
A constable’s or bailiff's staff; – so called from its shape.
[Obs.]
Chapman.
3.
The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig;
as, a
pestle
of pork
.

pes′tle

,
Verb.
T.
&
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pestled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Pestling
.]
To pound, pulverize, bray, or mix with a pestle, or as with a pestle; to use a pestle.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pestle

PESTLE

,
Noun.
pes'l. [L. pistillum, and probably pinso, for piso, to pound or beat.] An instrument for pounding and breaking substances in a mortar.
Pestle of port, a gammon of bacon.

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