pestle /(pĕs"t'l [or] pĕs"'l; 277)/

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.]
3. The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig; as, a pestle of pork.

imp. & p. p. Pestled; p. pr. & vb. n. Pestling

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