GLASS BREAKER

Domain	Definition
Literature	Glass Breaker (A). A wine-bibber. To crack a bottle is to drink up its contents and throw away the empty bottle. A glass breaker is one who drinks what is in the glass, and flings the glass under the table. In the early part of the nineteenth century it was by no means unusual with topers to break off the stand of their wineglass, so that they might not be able to set it down, but were compelled to drink it clean off, without heel-taps. "Troth, ye're nae glass-breaker; and neither am I. unless it be a screed wi' the neighbours, or when I'm on a ramble." - Sir W. Scott: Gay Mannering, chap. 45. "We never were glass-breakers in this house, Mr. Lovel." - Sir W. Scott: The Antiquary, chap. ix. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Occupations	Cuts glass sheets by hand to reduce sheets to specified dimensions or eliminate blemishes: Examines sheet of glass for defects, such as breaks, chips, scratches, and blisters. Scores kerf on glass surface, using T-square and cutting tool. Breaks scored sheet into specified sizes by use of pincers or by snapping kerf over crossbar. Places defective glass in cullet (waste glass) bin. Measures and scores glass sheet into standard size plates, using ruler and glass-cutting wheel or splitter (diamond cutting tool). Breaks off plates and places them on racks. Works as member of two-person team when cutting at discharge end of lehr. May be designated according to work area as Lehr Cutter (glass mfg.); Warehouse Cutter (glass mfg.). (references)
	Breaks excess glass from glass stock along lines cut by GLASS CUTTER (any industry), using notched tool, glass pinchers, or pliers, to form products, such as watch crystals, meter dials, goggle lenses, or mirrors. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Anagrams: GLASS BREAKER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-e-g-k-l-r-r-s-s"
	-2 letters: barrelages.
	-3 letters: baresarks, barrelage, brakeages, brakeless, breakages.
	-4 letters: algebras, arabesks, baresark, barkless, barrages, beakless, berserks, brakeage, brassage, breakage, breakers, eelgrass, erasable, garblers, garbless, gearless, gerberas, greasers, largesse, leakages, realgars, regalers.
	-5 letters: abasers, ageless, alegars, algebra, arabesk, arables, arrases, bagasse, balases, balkers, bareges, bargees, barkers, barless, barrage, barrels, beagles, beakers, bearers, berakes, berserk, bleaker, blesser.
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