Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Middle English form of
pestle .
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This the king of Tangu afterwards did, by slaying him, with a _pilon_, or wooden pestel with which they stamp rice; for being of the race of Brama, it was not lawful to shed his blood.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 Robert Kerr 1784
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