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Definition of Pumicing
1. pumice [v] - See also: pumice
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pumicing
Literary usage of Pumicing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Hat-making and Felting: Including a Full Exposition of the by hatter John Thomson (1868)
"pumicing or Pouncing. Pouncing is a term for rubbing down the outside of a hat
with a piece of pumice stone ..."
2. A New and Complete Treatise on the Arts of Tanning, Currying, and Leather by Hippolyte Dussauce (1867)
"NISBET'S GROUNDING AND pumicing MACHINE. MR. JOHN NISBET, of England, recommends
the substitution of machinery for the hand in the laborious process of ..."
3. The Techno-chemical Receipt Book: Containing Several Thousand Receipts by William Theodore Brannt, William Henry Wahl (1886)
"pumicing the Ground. Moisten two pieces of pumice-stone with water, and rub them
against each other until they have a smooth surface ; use one of them for ..."
4. Leather Manufacture: A Practical Handbook of Tanning, Currying, and Chrome by Alexander Watt (1906)
"It is of great importance in pumicing not to injure the texture of the skin. ...
It is the grain surface only that requires pumicing. ..."
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