ponty

ponty (plural ponties)

1. Alternative form of punty.
   • 1889 March, C. Handford Henderson, Popular Science Monthly, volume 34, Glass-Making I:

     In the mean time a second workman has gathered a small lump of glass on the end of his iron rod, or "ponty," and by pressing it against an iron point forms it into the shape of a tiny cup. This is fitted over the bullion-point of the glass, and, as they are both hot, soon becomes firmly attached to it.

• “ponty”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• poynt

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• IPA^(key): [ˈpoɲc]

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• Rhymes: -oɲc

ponty (plural pontyok)

1. carp (Cyprinus carpio)

   Synonym: potyka

• Not to be confused with the keszeg. The ponty is usually fleshier and has a humped back (but not always).

• ponty in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.