Pontils is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.
You can make 222 anagrams from letters in pontils (ilnopst).
From French, dating back to 1825-35; See origin at point, -il
The pontil scar itself is missing, but the thick curving section leaves little doubt as to its original appearance.
Zorzi now had the whole vessel, with its spout and handle, on the pontil.
The superfluous material taken up on the pontil, and the shards of articles broken in process of manufacture.
pontil, pon′til, n. an iron rod used in glass-making for revolving the glass while soft.
Zorzi was seated on the working stool, the pontil in one hand, the 'porcello' in the other.
He left the cooling piece on the pontil, lying across the arms of the stool, and took his blow-pipe again.
Then he put the pontil in its place and went to tend the fire.
It was then cracked off from the pontil and carried away, a finished liqueur-glass of the tiniest size, to be annealed.