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/ === 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