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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
pestle \pes"tle\ (p[e^]s"t'l or p[e^]s"'l; 277), noun [OE. pestel, OF. pestel, LL. pestellum, L. pistillum, pistillus, a pounder, pestle, fr. pisere, pinsere, to pound, crush, akin to Gr. ?, 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
pestle \pes"tle\, verb (used with an object) & 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
pestle
noun
1: machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores [syn: {stamp}]
2: a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone [syn: {muller}, {pounder}]
3: a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar
verb: grind or pulverize in a pestle
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
52 Moby Thesaurus words for "pestle": abrade, atomize, beat, bray, brecciate, cheese grater, comminute, comminutor, contriturate, crumb, crumble, crush, crusher, disintegrate, flour, fragment, grain, granulate, granulator, granulize, grate, grater, grind, grind to powder, grinder, kominuter, levigate, levigator, mash, masher, mill, millstone, mortar and pestle, nutmeg grater, pound, powder, pulverize, pulverizer, quern, quernstone, reduce to powder, rock crusher, roller, scrunch, shard, shred, shredder, smash, squash, steamroller, triturate, triturator
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