Pistillation
/ˌpɪs.tɪˈleɪ̯.ʃən/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The action of pounding with a pestle. obsolete, uncountable
"[They] are so far from breaking hammers, that they submit unto pistillation, and resist not an ordinary pestle."
Example
More examples"[They] are so far from breaking hammers, that they submit unto pistillation, and resist not an ordinary pestle."
Etymology
From Latin pistillum + -ation.