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单词 pumice-stone
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pumice-stonev.

Brit. /ˈpʌmɪsstəʊn/, /ˈpʌmɪstəʊn/, U.S. /ˈpəməsˌstoʊn/, /ˈpəməˌstoʊn/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pumice stone n.
Etymology: < pumice stone n. Compare earlier pumice v.
transitive. = pumice v. Also intransitive.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > work with tools or equipment [verb (transitive)] > filing, polishing, or smoothing tool
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roll?1523
plain1535
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smooth-file1683
plane1726
sandpaper1846
pumice-stone1851
paper1875
lap1881
sand1928
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > polishing > polish [verb (transitive)] > with specific preparation
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blacklead1829
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beeswax1836
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1851 Orders & Regulations Royal Engineers (rev. ed.) xix. 88 Putting up Lining Paper,..pumice-stoning,..and sizing.
1887 Athenæum 24 Dec. 867/1 The parchment..of a still more ancient MS. pumice-stoned to an even surface.
1911 C. E. Stowe Harriet Beecher Stowe viii. 225 The whole was trimmed with a beading of yellow pine, and rubbed, and pumice-stoned, and oiled.
1965 Times 15 Feb. 13/5 If women treated their feet the way they treat their hands—trimmed their toenails and pumice-stoned their heels—stockings would last much longer.
2003 Independent (Nexis) 13 Apr. 17 At times it is a good life, with..every hour in my Book a blank page, vellum pumice-stoned to chalky lustres which my inks suffuse.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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