triturate
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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
They are observant enough of social forms to eat pie with a fork, and their teaspoon is always in the saucer; they eat slowly and take time to triturate.
From Guide to Hotel Housekeeping by Mary E. Palmer
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 Daniel Young
When a paradoxer parades capital letters and diagrams which are as good as Newton's to all who know nothing about it, some persons wonder why science does not rise and triturate the whole thing.
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by David Eugene Smith
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 J. W. H. (John William Henry) Eyre
The author already quoted believes that the Pompilius seizes its captive by the pedicle which unites the abdomen to the cephalothorax, and that it triturates this point between its jaws.
From The Industries of Animals by Frédéric Houssay
Miss Rosa, being a woman, must raise the lid, and gave a slight shiver at the innocent looking triturates.
From Rolling Stones by O. Henry
Of pan concentrators there is an enormous selection, the principle in most being similar—i.e., a revolving muller, which triturates the sand, so freeing the tiny golden particles and admitting of their contact with the mercury.
From Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students by J. C. F. (Joseph Colin Frances) Johnson
Hastily, he scraped a flat-edged scalpel along a tissue sample, hoping for maximum abrasion, and triturated the results.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 29, 2016
Large masses of solid rock are rarely seen; every thing is cracked, calcined, or triturated.
From The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America by James Orton
The triturated seeds may be given internally in doses of 1–2 grams with milk or molasses to expel lumbricoids.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas
Preparation.—The spiders are triturated in the usual way.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz
Preparation.—The pure chemical is triturated in the usual way.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz
Those who possess a Kent's "triturating strainer" will be able to do this much more satisfactorily, both as regards time and results, than by the old way of rubbing through a sieve.
From Nelson's Home Comforts Thirteenth Edition by Mary Hooper
Then, triturating its substance between his fingers, he applied his nose to the product and sniffed critically.
From South Wind by Norman Douglas
He stopped triturating some shavings of hard tobacco between his 24 huge palms, and sat quietly, hands clasped, as though in prayer.
From The Sea and the Jungle by H. M. (Henry Major) Tomlinson
The herbivorous animals are not armed with these formidable weapons, but have broad flat surfaces with intermixed plates of enamel, that they should wear less rapidly in the constant labour of grinding and triturating.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
They present the extraordinary feature that the crowns became worn down flat by mastication, showing that the Iguanodon employed its teeth in actually chewing and triturating the vegetable matter on which it fed.
From The Ancient Life History of the Earth A Comprehensive Outline of the Principles and Leading Facts of Palæontological Science by Henry Alleyne Nicholson