Meanings
nounpuntilion (plural not attested)
- no pluralobsoleteartsA pontil.First known use 17th–18th c.
These Balls were small, but exceeding thick bubbles of Glass, which being crack'd off from the Puntilion whilst very hot […] do thereby […] acquire a very porous and very brittle texture […].
1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia
Origin
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puntilion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puntilion
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“puntilion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puntilion. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “puntilion,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puntilion.
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