GLASSBLOWING

Meaning of GLASSBLOWING in English

— glassblower , n.

/glas"bloh'ing/ , n.

the art or process of forming or shaping a mass of molten or heat-softened glass into ware by blowing air into it through a tube.

[ 1820-30; GLASS + BLOWING ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

GLASSBLOWING — noun Date: circa 1829 the art of shaping a mass of glass that has been softened by heat by blowing …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GLASSBLOWING — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : an art of shaping a mass of glass by inflating it through a tube after the glass …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GLASSBLOWING — n. art of producing glassware by blowing air into molten glass
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GLASSBLOWING — noun Date: circa 1829 : the art of shaping a mass of glass that has been softened by heat by …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GLASSBLOWING — [glass.blow.ing] n (ca. 1829): the art of shaping a mass of glass that has been softened by heat by blowing …
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GLASSBLOWING — the practice of shaping a mass of glass that has been softened by heat by blowing air into it through …
Britannica English vocabulary
GLASSBLOWING — n. Pronunciation: - ˌ bl ō -i ŋ Function: noun Date: circa 1829 : the art of shaping a mass …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HANDBLOWN — adjective Date: 1925 made by glassblowing and molded by hand
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GLASSBLOWER — noun see: glassblowing
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GATHER — I. verb (~ed; ~ing) see: good Date: before 12th century transitive verb to bring together ; collect , 2. pick …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GATHER — I. ˈgathə(r), ˈgeth- sometimes ˈgȧth- verb ( gathered ; gathered ; gathering -th(ə)riŋ ; gathers ) Etymology: Middle English gaderen, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LAMPWORKING — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : the process of fashioning objects from glass tubing and cane softened to workability over the flame of …
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GLASSBLOWER — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : one skilled in the art of glassblowing — compare lampworker
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GATHERING IRON — noun or gathering rod : an iron rod used for gathering molten glass for glassblowing
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GLASSBLOWER — see glassblowing
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GATHER — I. ˈga-thər also ˈge- verb ( gath·ered ; gath·er·ing ˈgath-riŋ, ˈga-thə-) Etymology: Middle English gaderen, from Old English gaderian; akin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HANDBLOWN — adjective Date: 1925 : made by glassblowing and molded by hand
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HANDBLOWN — [hand.blown] adj (1925): made by glassblowing and molded by hand
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GATHER — [gath.er] vb gath.ered ; gath.er.ing [ME gaderen, fr. OE gaderian; akin to Skt gadhya what one clings to--more at good] …
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MOSAIC GLASS — glassware made by fusing together pieces of diversely coloured glass. The earliest known glasswarevases produced in Egypt about the 15th …
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GLASS — an inorganic solid material that is usually transparent or translucent as well as hard, brittle, and impervious to the natural …
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CATARACT — in medicine, opacity of the crystalline lens of the eye. If the opaque areas are minute, scattered dots (a condition …
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BOTTLE — narrow-necked, rigid or semirigid container that is primarily used to hold liquids and semiliquids. It usually has a close-fitting stopper …
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BLOW MOLDING — in glass production, method of forming an article of glass by blowing molten glass into a mold. This operation is …
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SOUTH JERSEY GLASS — glass made at American factories in southern New Jersey, New England, and New York state from about 1781 to about …
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ROWAN COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY — public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Glassboro, New Jersey, U.S. It includes the schools of Business, Education, Engineering, Fine …
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PHOENICIA — ancient region corresponding to modern Lebanon, with adjoining parts of modern Syria and Israel. Its inhabitants, the Phoenicians, were notable …
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OBERPFALZ — English Upper Palatinate Regierungsbezirk (administrative district), east-central Bavaria (or Bayern) Land (state), southern Germany. Oberpfalz is bordered by the Czech …
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MEDICINE HAT — city, southeastern Alberta, Canada. It lies at the foot of the Cypress Hills, along the South Saskatchewan River, 164 miles …
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MARINOT, MAURICE — born 1882, Troyes, Fr. died 1960, Troyes French painter and glassmaker who was one of the first 20th-century glassworkers to …
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MOIL — In glassblowing, the bit of glass that surrounds the pipe that cannot be used. Example: The goblet broke because the …
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