glasswork
noun
the manufacture of glass and glassware.
glass-worker
-
a word derived from
glasswork.
Example Sentences
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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
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
A gentleman glass-worker, named Abraham de la Serre, was, as it were, the Samuel of this new school of prophets.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 by Black, Robert
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
