pestle
noun
a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
pestling
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present participleof pestle.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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It will be such a pestling device, sir Amorous; it will pound all your enemy's practices to powder, and blow him up with his own mine, his own train.
From Epicoene: Or, the Silent Woman by Ben Jonson
