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

Empty the sample of soil into the mortar and triturate thoroughly.

From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by Eyre, J. W. H. (John William Henry)

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

Just as the fish swallow stones to aid the digestion, we need the accidents and frictions of life to triturate our moral pabulum, and render it more easily assimilable to our constitutions.

From Paul Gosslett's Confessions in Love, Law, and The Civil Service by Lever, Charles James

Let the above be very finely powdered, then mix it with sufficient honey to make it into a smooth paste; triturate it until entirely smooth.

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