astic

See also: -astic

French

Etymology

From Picard estiquier, a descendant of Old French estiquer, estechier (compare French étiquette), from Frankish *stekan, *stikkan, *stikjan (“to stick, pierce, sting”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /as.tik/
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Noun

astic m (plural astics)

a bone once used by cobblers to polish leather
any of various other polishing tools

Derived terms

astiquer (“to polish, shine, rub, furbish”)

Further reading

“astic”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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