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puncheon

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈpʌntʃən/Sorted cehnnopuStarts with PEnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A figured stamp, die, or punch, used by goldsmiths, cutlers, etc.

Word origin

From Middle English punchoun, from Anglo-Norman ponchon, pounceon et al., and Middle French ponçon, poinchon et al., from Old French ponchon, from Latin pūnctiōnem (“act of piercing”). Doublet of punction. Related to Middle High German punze (“chisel; burin, graver”), ponze (“puncheon, standardized cask”), German Punze (“puncheon, punch, counter”).

Used in a sentence

  • Then he went to the scullery, wetted his hands, scooped the last white dough out of the punchion, and dropped it in a baking-tin.

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