PUNTERUOLO: a pin or skewer. Tra. 38.
PUNZONE, PUNZONCINO, PUNZONETTO: a punch, in various uses.
RADERE: to plane or pare, as of a metal plate. Tra. 48, 128, 129.
RAFREDDO: cooled. Tra. 171.
RAMAIUOLO: a ladle. Tra. 127.
RAMO: a pipe. RAMO DI GITTO: the conduit of a casting. V. li., 418.
RAPPEZZARE: to patch up, to re-piece, as of the holes in the hammered gold coating upon bronze figures. Tra. 83, 199.
RAPPRESO: set or hardened from cooling, e.g., of metal in the furnace. Tra. 179.
RASOIO: a razor, a sharp flat knife. Tra. 128.
RASTIARE: to scrape. Tra. 59. RASTIATOIO: a scraper, or instrument used for assisting the flow of the bronze into the mould. Tra. 177.