punty

American

[puhn-tee] / ˈpʌn ti /

noun

an iron rod used in glassmaking for handling the hot glass.

punty British

/ ˈpʌntɪ /

noun

Also called: pontil. a long iron rod used in the finishing process of glass-blowing

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Noun Inflected Forms

punties

plural

Etymology

Origin of punty

First recorded in 1655–65; variant of pontil

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"You shall see, for here is a pot just opened, and this man with the long iron rod, called a pontil, or punty, in his hand, is about to skim it."

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 by Various

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