SG Heritage Dictionary

Pestle [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. pes'l. [Latin pistillum, and probably pinso, for piso, to pound or beat.] An instrument for pounding and breaking substances in a mortar.

2. PESTLE of port, a gammon of bacon.

Pestle [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

Pestle [Verb transitive and intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To pound, pulverize, bray, or mix with a pestle, or as with a pestle; to use a pestle.

Pestled [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913