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Definition of Pontil
1. n. Same as Pontee.
Definition of Pontil
1. Noun. (glassblowing) A punty; 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". ¹
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Definition of Pontil
1. a punty [n -S] - See also: punty
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pontil
Literary usage of Pontil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Origin, Progressive Improvement, and Present State of the by George Richardson Porter (1832)
"Sulphate of Soda.—Vegetable Charcoal.—Gathering.—Blow 1ng.—Reheating.—Flattening.—Transferring
to pontil.—Twirling.—Ex Paneling.—Opening.—Annealing. ..."
2. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1890)
"... but this is in a great measure rectified by annealing it, and so a proper
strength is acquired. bottom being pushed up with a pontil, and the ring round ..."
3. Glass Manufacture by Walter Rosenhain (1919)
"This is done by a second workman using an iron rod known as the " pontil," upon
which a small mass of glass has previously been gathered. ..."
4. Friends' Review: A Religious, Literary and Miscellaneous Journal edited by Enoch Lewis, Samuel Rhoads (1851)
"This is a small, solid, round iron rod, called the pontil, upon one end of which
a lesser portion of material has been collected by another workman, ..."
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