(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:56:39

Pes`til*la"tion (?), n. [LL. pestillum, L. pistillum. See Pestle.]

The act of pounding and bruising with a pestle in a mortar.

Sir T. Browne.

 

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