Pestillation

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  pestillation \pes`til*la"tion\, n. [LL. pestillum, L. pistillum.
     See {Pestle}.]
     The act of pounding and bruising with a pestle in a mortar.
     --Sir T. Browne.
     [1913 Webster]