pinsula

pinsula [ML pinsa+-ula] , small pestle (also fig.). pinsa ‥ et inde hec ~a, -e, diminutivum Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 416; hic panis coquitur celesti facula / ‥ / nec panem ustulat comburens flamula / nec pastam polluit polluta pinsula Walt. Wimb. Carm. 126; tu pistrinum es ‥ / in quo Deus ‥ / panem pinsit pinsula Id. Virgo 115.