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tournasin
noun
tour·na·sin
\ˈtu̇rnəsə̇n\
Definition of tournasin
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: a tool for smoothing and finishing roughly thrown pottery while it revolves on a wheel
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Origin and Etymology of tournasin
French, from tournaser to shape pottery on the wheel, from tourner to turn, from Old French torner
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