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‖ polissoir|pɔliswar| [F., a polishing instrument; f. poliss-, lengthened stem of polir to polish + -oir:—L. -orium.] A polishing instrument; = polisher 2. spec. a. in Glass-manuf., A smooth block of wood with a long iron handle, used for flattening glass cylinders newly opened out; b. Toilet. An implement for burnishing the finger-nails (Funk's Stand. Dict. 1895).
18..Glass-making 129 (Cent. Dict.), The flattener now applies another instrument, a polissoir, or rod of iron furnished at the end with a block of wood. 1897Archæol. Jrnl. Dec. 367 The desirability of trimming them [flint implements] to the shape which could most easily be ground down afterwards on a polissoir. |