Dict: easton - Mortar

easton:

Mortar @ (Heb. homer), cement of lime and sand kjv@Genesis:11:3; kjv@Exodus:1:14); also potter's clay kjv@Isaiah:41:25; kjv@Nahum:3:14). Also Heb. 'aphar, usually rendered "dust," clay or mud used for cement in building kjv@Leviticus:14:42-45). Mortar for pulverizing kjv@Proverbs:27:22) grain or other substances by means of a pestle instead of a mill. Mortars were used in the wilderness for pounding the manna kjv@Numbers:11:8). It is commonly used in Palestine at the present day to pound wheat, from which the Arabs make a favourite dish called kibby.