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BALL MAKER

Specialty Definition: BALL MAKER

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Occupations

Dips punty (metal rod used to gather molten glass) or blowpipe into tank furnace to gather gob (lump) of molten glass for further processing: Reads product specifications to determine size of gob of molten glass to be gathered. Immerses head of punty or blowpipe into molten glass in furnace and turns punty or blowpipe to gather gob of molten glass. Twirls punty or blowpipe and blows through blowpipe to maintain gob of molten glass in globular form. Hands punty to PRESSER (glass mfg.) 575.685-074 or blowpipe to GLASS BLOWER (glass mfg.) 772.381-022 for further processing. May twirl gob of molten glass in container of alkali solution or in cavity of wet wooden block to form thin skin on gob of molten glass to prevent punctures in glassware during pressing or blowing. May hold punty in mold while PRESSER (glass mfg.) cuts off required amount of glass. May make head of punty from clay. May reheat gob to retain shape and temperature. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: BALL MAKER

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

golf ball maker

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: BALL MAKER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-k-l-l-m-r"

-2 letters: makable.

-3 letters: ambler, arable, balker, baller, blamer, embark, lamber, marble, ramble.

-4 letters: abeam, abler, akela, alarm, amber, amble, ameba, areal, baker, baler, blame, blare, bleak, blear, brake, break, bream, embar, kabar, kalam, karma, kebar, kraal, label, labra, laker, lamer, llama, makar, maker, malar, realm.

-5 letters: able, alae, alar, alba, alma, alme, arak, area, baal.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-b-e-k-l-l-m-r"
 

+2 letters: blackmailer.

 

+3 letters: blackmailers.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: BALL MAKER


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 41 4C 4C      4D 41 4B 45 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01000001 01001100 01001100 00100000 01001101 01000001 01001011 01000101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#65 &#76 &#76 &#32 &#77 &#65 &#75 &#69 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0041 004C 004C      004D 0041 004B 0045 0052

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3635464624735453952

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INDEX

1. Expressions: Internet
2. Anagrams
3. Orthography
4. Bibliography


  

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