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Pumice stone   /pˈəməs stoʊn/   Listen
Pumice stone

noun
1.
A light glass formed on the surface of some lavas; used as an abrasive.  Synonym: pumice.






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"Pumice stone" Quotes from Famous Books



... an' lived, I'd be arristed f'r arson. I got a pair iv suspinders wanst fr'm a lady,—niver mind her name,—an' I wurruked hard that day; an' th' decorations moved back into me, an' I had to take thim out with pumice stone. I didn't lose th' taste iv th' paint f'r weeks ...
— Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War • Finley Peter Dunne

... waste, extending upwards for 7000 feet. For miles and miles, above and around, great billowy masses, tossed and twisted into an infinity of fantastic shapes, arrest and weary the eye, lava in all its forms, from a compact phonolite, to the lightest pumice stone, the mere froth of the volcano, exceeding in wildness and confusion the most extravagant nightmare ever inflicted on man. Recollect the vastness of this mountain. The whole south of this large island, down to, and below the water's edge, is composed of its slopes. Its height is nearly ...
— The Hawaiian Archipelago • Isabella L. Bird

... see, I wanted it to be real white," said Sarah, sure that he would understand, "so I used a cucumber and buttermilk and a lemon and I scrubbed it afterward with pumice stone." ...
— Rosemary • Josephine Lawrence

... resembles to such an extent, at least some, if not indeed most of those, that are used at the present time, that it seems worth while giving his directions for it. He took equal parts of cuttle bone, small white sea-shells, pumice stone, burnt stag's horn, nitre, alum, rock salt, burnt roots of iris, aristolochia, and reeds. All of these substances should be carefully reduced to powder and then mixed. His favorite liquid dentifrice ...
— Old-Time Makers of Medicine • James J. Walsh



Words linked to "Pumice stone" :   rock, stone, pumice



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