pestling

Verb

pestle (third-person singular simple present pestles, present participle pestling, simple past and past participle pestled)

1. (transitive) To pound, crush, rub or grind, as in a mortar with a pestle.
   • ‘Next time, boy, that you use that mortar for garlic, I will personally knock out your brain, place it in the said mortar, pestle it to a fine paste and give it to Dick Purser for feeding the dogs.’2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 47

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