Английский Этимологический словарь - pumice
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also pumice stone ~ n 1 very light silver-grey rock that has come from a volcano, and is used as a powder for cleaning 2 a piece of this stone used for rubbing your skin to clean it or make it soft ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Pumice is a kind of grey stone from a volcano and is very light in weight. It can be rubbed over surfaces, especially your skin, that you want to clean or make smoother. = pumice stone N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Middle English pomis, from Anglo-French pomice, from Latin pumic-, pumex — more at foam Date: 15th century a volcanic glass full of cavities and very light in weight used especially in powder form for smoothing and polishing • ~ous adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. (in full pumice-stone) 1 a light porous volcanic rock often used as an abrasive in cleaning or polishing substances. 2 a piece of this used for removing hard skin etc. --v.tr. rub or clean with a pumice. Derivatives pumiceous adj. Etymology: ME f. OF pomis f. L pumex pumicis (dial. pom-): cf. POUNCE(2) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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