Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small implement for polishing the finger-nails.
- noun In glass manufacturing, an implement, consisting of a smooth block of wood with a rod of iron for a handle, used for flattening sheet-glass while hot on the polishingstone. Also called
flattener .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A polishing or grinding implement or instrument.
- noun (Glass Making) A tool consisting of a flat wooden block with a long iron handle, used for flattening out split cylinders of blown glass.
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Examples
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The moment it was fairly open the flattener took his polissoir, a rod of iron with a block of wood at one end, and began smoothing out the uneven sheet of glass into a flat surface.
The Story of Glass Sara Ware Bassett 1920
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'Let us attend to the culture of our nails,' replied Amanda, producing her _polissoir_, powder, and knife.
Shawl-Straps A Second Series of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag Louisa May Alcott 1860
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