Lexicographical Neighbors of Pumies
Literary usage of Pumies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Jar of Honey from Mount Hybla by Leigh Hunt (1848)
"Latched, is caught; and pumies, and pumie-stones, are pumice-stones, a very light
mineral. The fowler is considerate, and would not break the bird's head. ..."
2. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1844)
"... light And ofl the pumies latched." SHEPHERD'S CALENDAR, March, v. 67. Latched,
is caught ; and pumies, ..."
3. The Shortest and Most Convenient Route: Lewis and Clark in Context by Robert S. Cox (2004)
"Further evidence of the captains' understanding of this causal relationship is
found in Codex T: The pumies Stone which is found as low as the Illinois ..."
4. Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: 1804-1806; Part 1 & 2 by Reuben Gold Thwaites (2001)
"The pumies stone which is found as low as the Illinois Country is form? by the
banks or stratums of Coal taking fire and burning the earth imediately above ..."
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