Websters Dictionary 1828
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Pestle
PESTLE, noun pes'l. [Latin pistillum, and probably pinso, for piso, to pound or beat.] An instrument for pounding and breaking substances in a mortar.
PESTLE of port, a gammon of bacon.
First Occurrence in the Bible(KJV): Proverbs 27:22