triturate

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Mix, and triturate well in a mortar so as to mix perfectly, and make into twenty pills with mucilage of gum arabic.

From The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources by Anonymous

Ointment for Piles.—Tannin, two drachms; water, two fluid drachms; triturate together, and add lard, one and a half drachms.

From Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 by Burroughs, Barkham

Yellow ochre, No. 244, 15 parts; oxide of cobalt, 1 part; triturate and calcine in a crucible until it has the desired tone.

From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Young, Daniel

Here it rushes and pushes, the atoms triturate and grind, and, eagerly thrusting by, pursue their separate ends.

From The Story of My Heart An Autobiography by Jefferies, Richard

Place it in a mortar with 18 grams of potassium iodide and triturate with small portions of water until all is dissolved.

From An Introductory Course of Quantitative Chemical Analysis With Explanatory Notes by Talbot, Henry P.