Pestle

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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. [Obs.] Chapman.

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

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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