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pumiced, ppl. a. (ˈpʌmɪst) [f. prec. vb. + -ed1.] 1. Rubbed smooth with pumice.1552 Huloet, Pomaysed, pumigatus. 1846 Landor Imag. Conv., Diogenes & Plato Wks. I. 456/1 They who have pumiced faces and perfumed hair. 2. Applied to a horse's hoof that has become spongy on account of disease. Hence tra...
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The baroque taste in ornate restorations of antiquities had favoured finely pumiced polished surfaces, coloured marbles and mixed media, and highly speculative
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▪ I. pumice, n. (ˈpʌmɪs) Forms: see below. [ME. pomis, -ys, a. OF. pomis (a 1250 in Godef.), pumis, ad. late L. pŭmicem, for cl. L. pūmex, -icem, It. pomice; a learned form for the popular F. ponce: see pounce n.2 In 16th c. gradually assimilated (pomis, pomise, pomice, pumice) to the Latin form; un...
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