triturate

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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 Smith, David Eugene

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.

As it is certain that worms swallow many little stones, independently of those swallowed while excavating their burrows, it is probable that they serve, like mill-stones, to triturate their food.

From The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms, with observations on their habits by Darwin, Charles

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

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.