GLASS-BLOWING
\ɡlˈasblˈə͡ʊɪŋ], \ɡlˈasblˈəʊɪŋ], \ɡ_l_ˈa_s_b_l_ˈəʊ_ɪ_ŋ]\
Definitions of GLASS-BLOWING
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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A mode of manufacturing glassware and window-glass by taking a mass of viscid glass from the melting-pot on the end of the blowing tube and then inflating the mass by blowing through the tube, repeatedly heating if necessary at the furnace, and subjecting it to various manipulations. Moulds are often used in the making of articles by blowing. The term glass-blowing also includes the production of toys and other articles under the blow-pipe.
By Daniel Lyons
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n. Act or process of making glass vessels by inflation—one end of a tube is dipped into the melting pot and lifts a quantity of metal at the discretion of the blower, who breathes into the other end, and distends it with air into the required size and form.
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