meaning of pestle
1. An implement for pounding and breaking or braying substances in a mortar.
2. A constables or bailiffs staff; -- so called from its shape.
3. The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig; as, a pestle of pork.
4. To pound, pulverize, bray, or mix with a pestle, or as with a pestle; to use a pestle.
5. a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar
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