triturate
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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
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 Palmer, Mary E.
Green oxide of chromium 1 part, flux No. 3, 3 parts, triturate and melt.
From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Young, Daniel
The product of the calcination of equal parts of lead and tin 2 parts, carbonate of soda 1 part, antimonic acid 1 part, rub together, or triturate, and melt.
From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Young, Daniel
Green oxide of chromium, 1 part; oxide of cobalt, 2 parts; triturate, and melt at a high heat.
From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Young, Daniel
