pumicate

English

Etymology

From Latin pumicatus, past participle of pumicare (“to pumicate”), from pumex. See pumice.

Verb

pumicate (third-person singular simple present pumicates, present participle pumicating, simple past and past participle pumicated)

  1. (transitive) To make smooth with pumice.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pumicate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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