How to use punty in a sentence
My horse was a mustang pony, named punty, small but sure of foot, and as brave and faithful a little creature as ever lived.
Across America | James F. RuslingBy referring to the drawing, we see that the tool marked A is the blow-iron, that marked B the punty-iron.
Reminiscences of Glass-making | Deming JarvesThe tool L was used to form or hold large articles, their punty-iron not having sufficient strength.
Reminiscences of Glass-making | Deming Jarves
British Dictionary definitions for punty
punty
/ (ˈpʌntɪ) /
nounplural -ties
a long iron rod used in the finishing process of glass-blowing: Also called: pontil
Origin of punty
1C17: see pontil
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