GROZING IRON


Meaning of GROZING IRON in English

[ 'grəʊzɪŋ ]

■ noun chiefly historical a pair of pliers for clipping the edges of pieces of glass.

Origin

ME: grozing from MDu., from the stem of gruizen 'crush, trim glass', from gruis 'fragments'.

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