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puntilion

puntilion noun: a pontil.

Noun

puntilion (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural, obsolete) A pontil.
    • These Balls were small, but exceeding thick bubbles of Glass, which being crack'd off from the Puntilion whilst very hot […] do thereby […] acquire a very porous and very brittle texture […].1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia

Origin of puntilion

Unknown.

Questions about puntilion

What does puntilion mean?
Puntilion means a pontil.
What part of speech is puntilion?
Puntilion is a noun.

Words near puntilion in the dictionary

  1. Punti
  2. Puntian
  3. Puntians
  4. punties
  5. puntil
  6. puntilion
  7. puntilla
  8. puntillas
  9. puntillero
  10. puntilleros
  11. puntils

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