Punty

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An iron rod on which molten glass is handled when being shaped and worked. Also called pontil.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A metal rod used in the glassblowing process. After a glass vessel has been blown to approximate size and the bottom of the piece has been finalized, the rod, which is tipped with a wad of hot glass, is attached to the bottom of the vessel to hold it while the top is finalized. It often leaves an irregular or ring-shaped scar on the base when removed called the "pontil mark".
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. See pontee.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Same as pontil.
  • n. An oval or circular dot or depression: a kind of ornamentation employed in glass-cutting.
    • Word Usage
    "Hickory, twirling colour into a glowing paperweight on the end of a slender five-foot-long steel rod called a punty iron, looked extremely relieved at my return from the races."
    Variant
    pontee   
     
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