pressed glass
molded glass that has been shaped or given its pattern, while molten, by the action of a plunger thrust into the mold.
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How to use pressed glass in a sentence
American writers claim that the first pressed glass tumbler was made about 40 years back in that country, by a carpenter.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter ShowellSerafina came back, bringing two heavy tumblers of pressed glass on a little black japanned tray, with a decanter of cold water.
Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 (of 2) | F. Marion CrawfordBut this is imitated in pressed glass, which is blown in a mould inside of which the design is cut.
Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy | Frank Richard StocktonDid you ever do it, reader, with one of those pressed glass bottles they make now?
If, Yes and Perhaps | Edward Everett HaleThey were rarely of cut or colored glass, but were pressed glass of commonplace form and quality.
Home Life in Colonial Days | Alice Morse Earle
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