polissoirn.

Brit.

/ˈpɒlᵻswɑː/, U.S.

/ˌpɑləˈswɑr/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French polissoir.

Etymology: < French polissoir a tool or implement used for polishing (1611 in Cotgrave; earlier in Middle French as pollissouer (1524)) < poliss- (see polish v.) + -oir (see -ory suffix¹).

A tool or implement used for polishing; spec. †(a) Glass-making a smooth block of wood with a long iron handle, used for flattening glass cylinders newly opened out (obsolete); †(b) an implement for polishing the fingernails (obsolete); (c) Archaeology a stone used for polishing and sharpening (flint) knives.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > glass-making equipment > [noun] > shaping equipment

ferret1662

punty1662

puntilion1665

pucellas1701

casting-table1728

marble1745

pinching tongs1765

borsella1823

punt1823

marver1832

pontil1832

punto1839

working tube1841

bullion-bar1852

blowing-iron1855

bullion-rod1862

blowpipec1865

pointel1865

gadget1868

casting-slaba1877

casting-plate1881

glass-cutter1881

sand core1894

polissoir1897

pontil rod1934

blowing-machine1940

blowing-pipe-

blowing-tube-

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > polishing > [noun] > implement for polishing

polisher1532

rubber1670

polissoir1897

1846 H. Deacon Brit. Patent (1857) 6 A sheet of glass having been flattened and rubbed down by the ‘polissoir’,..I use the ‘polissoir’ as a tool to push the carriage and stone into the annealing kiln.

1856 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 15 Feb. 226/1 The flattener now applies..a polissoir, or rod of iron, furnished at the end with a block of wood, and rubs down the waviness into a flat surface.

1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Polissoir n., an implement for burnishing the finger-nails.

1897 Archaeol. Jrnl. Dec. 367 The desirability of trimming them [sc. flint implements] to the shape which could most easily be ground down afterwards on a polissoir.

1916 Man 16 40 Moreover, the object as a whole bears no resemblance to the large polissoirs of which one sees so many fine examples in Central France.

1972 Geogr. Jrnl. 138 42 The common occurrence of petroglyphs and polissoirs indicates that the entire upper Essequibo was an Amerindian water route in prehistoric times.

2017 Current Archaeol. Dec. 22/3 Rubbing the surface against another hard block of rock (known as a polissoir).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	polissoir
释义	polissoirn. Brit. /ˈpɒlᵻswɑː/, U.S. /ˌpɑləˈswɑr/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French polissoir. Etymology: < French polissoir a tool or implement used for polishing (1611 in Cotgrave; earlier in Middle French as pollissouer (1524)) < poliss- (see polish v.) + -oir (see -ory suffix¹). A tool or implement used for polishing; spec. †(a) Glass-making a smooth block of wood with a long iron handle, used for flattening glass cylinders newly opened out (obsolete); †(b) an implement for polishing the fingernails (obsolete); (c) Archaeology a stone used for polishing and sharpening (flint) knives. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > glass-making equipment > [noun] > shaping equipment ferret1662 punty1662 puntilion1665 pucellas1701 casting-table1728 marble1745 pinching tongs1765 borsella1823 punt1823 marver1832 pontil1832 punto1839 working tube1841 bullion-bar1852 blowing-iron1855 bullion-rod1862 blowpipec1865 pointel1865 gadget1868 casting-slaba1877 casting-plate1881 glass-cutter1881 sand core1894 polissoir1897 pontil rod1934 blowing-machine1940 blowing-pipe- blowing-tube- the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > polishing > [noun] > implement for polishing polisher1532 rubber1670 polissoir1897 1846 H. Deacon Brit. Patent (1857) 6 A sheet of glass having been flattened and rubbed down by the ‘polissoir’,..I use the ‘polissoir’ as a tool to push the carriage and stone into the annealing kiln. 1856 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 15 Feb. 226/1 The flattener now applies..a polissoir, or rod of iron, furnished at the end with a block of wood, and rubs down the waviness into a flat surface. 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Polissoir n., an implement for burnishing the finger-nails. 1897 Archaeol. Jrnl. Dec. 367 The desirability of trimming them [sc. flint implements] to the shape which could most easily be ground down afterwards on a polissoir. 1916 Man 16 40 Moreover, the object as a whole bears no resemblance to the large polissoirs of which one sees so many fine examples in Central France. 1972 Geogr. Jrnl. 138 42 The common occurrence of petroglyphs and polissoirs indicates that the entire upper Essequibo was an Amerindian water route in prehistoric times. 2017 Current Archaeol. Dec. 22/3 Rubbing the surface against another hard block of rock (known as a polissoir). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1846
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