MORTAR

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 1

n. Moart'a*r. Gr., oA/u.ot. Lat., mortarium. Fr., mortier. Ger., Morser. A cup-shaped ve el in which substances, especially drugs, are pounded or triturated by means of a pestle, [o, 48.] [s. 32]