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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PONTEE

n.In glass words, an iron instrument used to stick the glass at the bottom, for the more convenient fashioning the neck of it.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PONTEE

Pon *tee ", n. Etym: [F. pontil, pontis.] (Glass Making )

 

Defn: An iron rod used by glass makers for manipulating the hot glass; -- called also, puntil, puntel, punty, and ponty. See Fascet.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Pontefract cake

Pontefract cake |ˈpɒntɪfrakt | noun Brit. a flat round liquorice sweet. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: named after Pontefract (earlier Pomfret ), a town in northern England where the sweets were first made.

 

pontes

pon tes |ˈpänˌtēz ˈpɑntiz | plural form of pons.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Ponte, Lorenzo Da

Ponte see Da Ponte, Lorenzo.

 

Pontefract cake

Pontefract cake |ˈpɒntɪfrakt | noun Brit. a flat round liquorice sweet. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: named after Pontefract (earlier Pomfret ), a town in northern England where the sweets were first made.

 

pontes

pon ¦tes |ˈpɒntiːz | plural form of pons.

 

Duden Dictionary

Ponte

Pon te Substantiv, feminin rheinisch , die |P o nte |die Ponte; Genitiv: der Ponte, Plural: die Ponten französisch pont < lateinisch pons (Genitiv: pontis ) = Brücke flache, breite Fähre

 

Pontederie

Pon te de rie Substantiv, feminin , die |Ponted e rie …i̯ə |die Pontederie; Genitiv: der Pontederie, Plural: die Pontederien neulateinisch ; nach dem italienischen Botaniker G. Pontedera, † 1757 Hechtkraut nordamerikanische Wasserpflanze

 

French Dictionary

ponte

ponte n. m. et f. nom masculin familier Personnage important. : C ’est un ponte de la finance. SYNONYME mandarin . nom féminin Action de pondre. : C ’est l ’époque de la ponte des œufs.

 

Spanish Dictionary

pontevedrés, -dresa

pontevedrés, -dresa adjetivo 1 Relativo a Pontevedra, provincia y ciudad de España, o a sus habitantes .SINÓNIMO lerense .2 adjetivo /nombre masculino y femenino [persona ] Que es de Pontevedra .SINÓNIMO lerense .