punty

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
12
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈpʌn.ti/

Definition of punty

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. 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.

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Etymology

1662, from French pontil, from Italian pontello or puntello, diminutive of punto, from Latin punctum (“a point”). Doublet of puntillo and pointel.

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