repumicatio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

rĕ-pūmĭcātĭo, ōnis, f [pumico],

a making smooth again; a smoothing , polishing : repumicatio et quaedam politura gemmarum, i. e. a trimming off of the buds , Plin. 17, 26, 39, § 246.