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Definition of Prunt
1. Noun. A small piece of glass fused to the main body of a piece of glasswork and then shaped or pressed, for decoration ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prunt
1. a glass ornamentation upon glassware [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prunt
Literary usage of Prunt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ornament & Its Application: A Book for Students, Treating in a Practical Way by Lewis Foreman Day (1904)
"A prunt of glass may be, and in Roman work often was, impressed with a metal ...
The sixteenth-century Venetians would sometimes stamp the prunt into the ..."
2. Ornament & Its Application: A Book for Students, Treating in a Practical Way by Lewis Foreman Day (1904)
"A prunt of glass may be, and in Roman work often was, impressed with a metal ...
The sixteenth-century Venetians would sometimes stamp the prunt into the ..."
3. The Laird of Logan, Or, Anecdotes and Tales Illustrative of the Wit and by David Robertson, John Donald Carrick, William Motherwell, Andrew Henderson (1889)
"It's a wonderfu' fire what they'll prunt in this town, Peter—it's a thought to
... too, Peter, more nor one fire prunt in mony house ; did any hody told you ..."
4. International-English Dictionary by Louis Beaufront, Louis Couturat, Otto Jespersen (1908)
"[FI] prunt-ar, to borrow ; -o, -ajo, loan ( = thing borrowed) ; -anto, borrower.
prunt-ar, to itch; -o, itching. [EFIS] w. pruv-ar, to prove; -o, proof. ..."
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