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- m? (-es/-as) pumice [L pumicem]
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pumice — pumiceous /pyooh mish euhs/, adj. pumicer, n. /pum is/, n., v., pumiced, pumicing. n. 1. Also called pumice stone. a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass, used as an abrasive. v.t. 2. to rub, smooth, clean, etc., with pumice. [bef. 1000; < L… … Universalium
Pumice — Pum ice, n. [L. pumex, pumicis, prob. akin to spuma foam: cf. AS. pumic st[=a]n. Cf. {Pounce} a powder, {Spume}.] (Min.) A very light porous volcanic scoria, usually of a gray color, the pores of which are capillary and parallel, giving it a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pumice stone — Pumice Pum ice, n. [L. pumex, pumicis, prob. akin to spuma foam: cf. AS. pumic st[=a]n. Cf. {Pounce} a powder, {Spume}.] (Min.) A very light porous volcanic scoria, usually of a gray color, the pores of which are capillary and parallel, giving it … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pumice — noun Etymology: Middle English pomis, from Anglo French pomice, from Latin pumic , pumex more at foam Date: 15th century a volcanic glass full of cavities and very light in weight used especially in powder form for smoothing and polishing •… … New Collegiate Dictionary
pounce — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, punching tool, dagger, talon more at punch Date: 15th century the claw of a bird of prey II. intransitive verb (pounced; pouncing) Date: 1744 1. a. to swoop upon and seize something with or as if with talons … New Collegiate Dictionary
pumice — Volcanic cinders ground to particles of varying sizes; used in dentistry for polishing restorations or teeth; an abrasive. [L. pumex (pumic ), a p. stone] * * * pum·ice pəm əs n a volcanic glass full of cavities and very light in weight used esp … Medical dictionary
EQUINA Juba — in Vert. galeis frequens. Stat. Theb. l. 4. v. 129. capiti tremit aerea cassis Ter nivea scandente iuba Quem morem esse antiquissimum, ex eo liquet. quod Homerus galeam Paridis vocat, κυνεην ἐύτυκτον ἵππουριν, galeam bene factam cauldâ equinâ… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
PLUMBUM — Graece μόλυβδος, a Midacrito inventum, primumque e Cassiteride Insul. apportatum, Plin. l. 7. c. 56. aliud album, aliud nigrum est. De illo idem, l. 34. c. 17. Album incoquitur aereis operibus Galliarum inventô, ita ut vix discerni queat ab… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
pumice — c.1400, from O.Fr. pomis (mid 13c.), from L.L. pomex (acc. pomicem, gen. pumicis), from Oscan *poimex, a variant of L. pumex pumice, from PIE *poimo , with connotations of foam, froth. O.E. had pumic stan … Etymology dictionary
pumice — [ pʌmɪs] noun a light and porous form of solidified lava, used as a skin abrasive. verb rub with pumice. Derivatives pumiceous pju: mɪʃəs adjective Origin ME: from OFr. pomis, from a L. dialect var. of pumex, pumic ; cf. pounce2 … English new terms dictionary
