Polissoir

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the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A polishing or grinding implement or instrument.
  • n. A tool consisting of a flat wooden block with a long iron handle, used for flattening out split cylinders of blown glass.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In glass manufacturing, an implement, consisting of a smooth block of wood with a rod of iron for a handle, used for flattening sheet-glass while hot on the polishingstone. Also called flattener.
  • n. A small implement for polishing the finger-nails.
    • Word Usage
    "The moment it was fairly open the flattener took his polissoir, a rod of iron with a block of wood at one end, and began smoothing out the uneven sheet of glass into a flat surface."
     
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