[a. late L. trītūrātor, agent-n. from trītūrāre to TRITURATE.] One who or that which triturates; an instrument or apparatus for triturating, esp. for grinding drugs.
1864. Reader, 17 Dec., 770/2. Hammers or triturators.
1893. E. A. Butler, Household Insects, 137. The gizzard … appears to act more as a strainer than as a triturator.
