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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[F.

pontil

pontis

(Glass Making)

An iron rod used by glass makers for manipulating the hot glass; – called also,

puntil

puntel

punty

, and

ponty

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Noun.

In glass words, an iron instrument used to stick the glass at the bottom, for the more convenient fashioning the neck of it.

See also: pontee

pontée