Marver

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  • n. A flat heat-proof surface, on which a gather of glass is rolled into shape.
  • v. To roll glass on a marver.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A stone, or cast-iron plate, or former, on which hot glass is rolled to give it shape.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In glass manufacturing, a slab or tablet, originally of marble, but now generally of polished cast-iron, placed on a suitable support or stand, and used by the glass-blower to impart, by rolling and pressing, a cylindrical form to the fused glass gathered upon the end of the blowpipe.
  • In glass manufacturing, to shape by means of a marver. Also maver.
  • Word Usage
    "I sat beside the stainless steel table (called a marver) on which I should have been rolling eternity into basic balls of liquid glass, and thought only of Martin alive in the body, Martin laughing and winning races, and Martin's lost message on videotape."
    Form
    marverer   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Carver    carver