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Definition: GLASS BLOWER |
GLASS BLOWER1. One whose occupation is to blow and fashion glass. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Occupations | Makes glass beads and decorative jewelry findings, such as petals and leaves: Melts end of solid glass rod, using gas burner. Picks up small globule of molten glass on end of metal wire and twirls wire until sphere is formed to make solid bead, or rolls globule of glass in groove of block of hard wood to form bead of correct diameter and contour. To make solid decorative findings, flattens globule into disk with spatula, and shapes disk by twisting and elongating it with pliers, or shapes disk in specially setup embossing dies in handpress. To make hollow glass articles, picks up globule of molten glass with blowpipe and inflates it to size of sample article by blowing into pipe or inflates globule to half-size of finished article and places it in metal mold, inflating it fully so that glass will assume shape of mold cavity. Cools and solidifies glass article by holding it over jet of compressed air, or dips article into water to cool and solidify glass. May shape heated rods into novelty items, such as fish, boats, and pins, and be designated Glass-Novelty Maker (glass prod.). (references) |
| Heats and bends glass tubes to form scroll of electric neon signs according to pattern: Tacks asbestos pattern onto workbench. Cuts length of tubing required to form letters, using file. Holds tube over gas burner at point to be bent, rotating tube to heat it uniformly. Places rubber hose over end of tubing. Blows into hose to prevent glass from collapsing and bends tube by hand. Superimposes bent tubing on asbestos pattern to ensure accuracy. When letter or scroll has been formed, places electrode in each end of tube and heats with gas burner to fuse in place. Paints or tapes portions of tubing to separate letters. Repairs broken scroll by replacing with new sections of tubing. May charge tubing with gas [NEON-TUBE PUMPER (fabrication, nec)]. (references) | |
| Shapes gather (gob of molten glass) into glassware by blowing through blowpipe: Receives blowpipe from GATHERER (glass mfg.) 575.684-026 and examines gather on blowpipe for imperfections, utilizing knowledge of molten glass characteristics. Blows through pipe to inflate gather while rotating pipe to prevent sagging and to obtain desired shape, or blows and rotates gather in mold or on board to obtain final shape. May dip end of blowpipe into molten glass to collect gather on head of pipe. May strike neck of finished article to separate article from blow pipe. May pull gather with tongs to aid in shaping. May use compressed air to inflate gather. May be designated according to article blown as Bottle Blower (glass mfg.). (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: GLASS BLOWER |
| Specialty definitions using "GLASS BLOWER": ball maker ♦ glass blower, machine forming, glass technologist, GLASS-WORKER, PRESSED OR BLOWN ♦ SUPERVISOR, VACUUM METALIZING. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
glass blower | 86 |
scientific glass blowing glass blower | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "GLASS BLOWER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Finnish | lasinpuhaltaja (glassblower, lamp worker). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | assglay owerblay стеклодув (glassblower, glass-blower). (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: glassblower. | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-g-l-l-o-r-s-s-w" | |
-2 letters: bargellos, gallowses. | |
-3 letters: allegros, bargello, browless, garbless, goalless, growable, sallower. | |
-4 letters: allegro, ballers, barless, barlows, bawlers, begalls, bellows, blowers, bolases, borages, bowlegs, bowlers, bowless, braless, browses, gallows, galores, gaolers, garbles, glossae, glossal, glosser, glowers, largess, lassoer, lawless, loessal, losable, oarless, regloss, reglows, rowable, sallows, sawlogs, serosal, sowable, swagers, warbles, warless, warsles, wrassle. | |
-5 letters: algors. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-g-l-l-o-r-s-s-w" | |
+1 letter: glassblowers. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 4C 41 53 53 42 4C 4F 57 45 52 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01001100 01000001 01010011 01010011 00100000 01000010 01001100 01001111 01010111 01000101 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G L A S S   B L O W E R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 004C 0041 0053 0053 0042 004C 004F 0057 0045 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)41463553532364649573952 |
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