pontil
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of pontil
From French, dating back to 1825–35; see origin at point, -il
Example Sentences
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Zorzi was seated on the working stool, the pontil in one hand, the 'porcello' in the other.
From Marietta A Maid of Venice by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
After this it might be used in its simple condition, or ornamented with engraving, while the bottom of the foot, still rough from contact with the pontil, was to be ground, smoothed, and then polished.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 by Various
"Why don't you discover a social pontil, then?"
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 by Various
A little farther on, a workman, loading his pontil, by repeated dippings, with a large quantity of glass, dropped the lump into an open basin hollowed in the surface of one of the iron tables.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 by Various
The superfluous material taken up on the pontil, and the shards of articles broken in process of manufacture.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 by Various
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