Definition of "polissoir" []

• A polishing or grinding implement or instrument. (noun)
• A tool consisting of a flat wooden block with a long iron handle, used for flattening out split cylinders of blown glass. (noun)

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• "The moment it was fairly open the flattener took his polissoir, a rod of iron with a block of wood at one end, and began smoothing out the uneven sheet of glass into a flat surface."
• "'Let us attend to the culture of our nails,' replied Amanda, producing her _polissoir_, powder, and knife."