pestle /ˈpɛsəl/noun 3verb 1forms 3 noun3 •A club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things. •The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig. •(no longer used) A constable's or bailiff's staff; so called from its shape.I long to meet a Sergeant in this humor, I vvould […] trie vvhether the chopping knife or their pestles vvere the better vveapons. — 1611 verb1 •To pound, crush, rub or grind, as in a mortar with a pestle.‘Next time, boy, that you use that mortar for garlic, I will personally knock out your brain, place it in the said mortar, pestle it to a fine paste and give it to Dick Purser for feeding the dogs.’ — 2020 formspestled · pestling · pestles
