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polissoir

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Borrowed from French polissoir.

noun polissoirs

  1. A groove found carved into rock, once used to polish stone axes.
  2. An implement or instrument for polishing or grinding.
  3. A tool consisting of a flat wooden block with a long iron handle, used for flattening out split cylinders of blown glass.

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@misc{polissoir_2026,
  title = {polissoir},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/polissoir},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}