glass cutting

American  

[glas kuht-ing] / ˈglæs ˌkʌt ɪŋ /

noun

1. the art or craft, practiced by a glass cutter, of etching designs into the surface of glass.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• glass-cutting
  adjective
• glass cutter
  noun

Example Sentences

I'm at an AirBnb on a shrubby desert hillside, chopping an onion with a dull chef's knife on a glass cutting board.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2021

The woman’s words came back to her like shards of glass, cutting into her: We’ll never stop.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

Make a scratch with the glass cutting knife on the blood pipette above the upper level of the clear serum, and snap off and discard the empty portion of the tube.

From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by Eyre, J. W. H. (John William Henry)

In cutting the edge of the knife is made to pass over the surface of the glass cutting table, the diameter of which is 7 cm $6.—

From Microscopes and Accessory Apparatus Catalogue No. 40 by Leitz, Ernst

By marking the blood pipette above the level of the serum with the glass cutting knife and snapping the tube at that point, the blood-serum becomes readily accessible for testing purposes.

From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by Eyre, J. W. H. (John William Henry)