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pucellas

noun plural but singular or plural in construction
pu·cel·las | \ pyəˈseləs \

Definition of pucellas 

: a spring tool resembling tongs and used for shaping molten glass

— called also steel jack

next in importance to the blowpipe is the pucellas —F. W. Hunter the top of the glass may be opened up with pucellas —Karen Gillespie

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History and Etymology for pucellas

modification of Italian procello

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