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This was then carefully carried to a glass-worker to be inclosed in a bulb, and at the first movement he broke it, and the work must be done over and done better.

From Steam, Steel and Electricity by Steele, James W.

I would rather keep my own, and marry a glass-worker, even if I were to be sold!

From Marietta A Maid of Venice by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)

On their return to Florence in the autumn Andrea painted a fine work for his friend, Beccuccio da Gambassi, a glass-worker.

From Fra Bartolommeo by Kendrick, Flora

They told me that a glass-worker was doing marvelous things here, and I heard a twelvemonth since that you were leaving Normandy for England.

From In the Days of the Guild by Lamprey, Louise

A professional glass-worker will generally accomplish this by "jumping up" the tube, i.e. by heating it where the bulb is required, and compressing it little by little until a sufficient amount of glass is collected.

From On Laboratory Arts by Threlfall, Richard