mid-14c. (as a surname late 13c.), from Old French pestel, from Latin pistillum "pounder, pestle," related to pinsere "to pound," from PIE *pis-to-, suffixed form of root *peis- "to crush" (cognates: Sanskrit pinasti "pounds, crushes," pistah "anything ground, meal," Greek ptissein "to winnow," Old Church Slavonic pi?o, pichati "to push, thrust, strike," pi?enica "wheat," Russian pseno "millet").
例文
1. Using a pestle and mortar，pulverise the bran to a coarse powder.
杵と臼を用いて、麩を粗粉にする。
2.He ground the rock candy with a mortar and pestle .
彼は自分で乳鉢と杵を使って氷砂糖を粉にした。
3.The pellet with the poison 's in the vessel with the pestle ？
毒入りのボールを杵付きの容器に入れますか？
4.Jin Yu：An iron pestle can be ground down to a needle.
錦玉：工夫が深ければ、鉄の杵は針のように磨かれる。
5.This glass is ground under water using pestle and mortar.