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pumice
/ˈpʌməs/
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What does pumice mean?
noun
- A light, porous type of pyroclastic igneous rock, formed during explosive volcanic eruptions when liquid lava is ejected into water or air as a froth containing masses of gas bubbles, which are frozen into the rock as the lava solidifies.
verb
- To abrade or roughen with pumice.
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Two kinds of bombs were used, one containing H.E. and the other small pumice granules impregnated with phosgene.
I was formerly of this opinion, which, however, must be understood to refer to one variety only of pumice.
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The 19th, as we went about an island, were found black pumice stones, and salt kerned on the rocks, very white and glistering.
Procure a well planished copper plate of the required size, and well polish it, first with pumice stone and water, then with snake stone, jewelers’ rouge.
In addition to its deformity, the horn is greatly altered in quality, and, as the name 'pumice' indicates, is more or less porous in appearance, bulging, and brittle.