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punty
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈpʌn.ti/ us /ˈpʌn.ti/(also pontil, uk /ˈpɒn.tɪl/ us /ˈpɑːn.təl/)
a long iron rod used when making glass:
He transferred the glass to a solid rod called a punty.
The underside of a hand-blown drinking glass will have a pontil mark.
The man whose job was to stick a quantity of melted glass on to the punty was called a punty-sticker.
Some of the old bottles have bases with pontil scars.
Arriving at the mould, the punty was stopped in its rotation.
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