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Pistillation

Pistillation \Pis`til*la"tion\, n. [L. pistillum a pestle.] The act of pounding or breaking in a mortar; pestillation. [Obs.]
--Sir T. Browne.

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pistillation

n. (context obsolete English) The action of pounding with a pestle.