Definitions
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. It sometimes has concavities formed in it, by which a spheroidal shape may be given to the fused mass when desired. Also
maver . - In glass manufacturing, to shape by means of a marver. Also maver.
Wiktionary
- n. glassblowing A flat heat-proof surface, on which a gather of glass is rolled into shape.
- v. To roll glass on a marver.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Glass Marking) A stone, or cast-iron plate, or former, on which hot glass is rolled to give it shape.
Examples
“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.”
“Thrusting the pontil far into the pot, the workman moved it gently from side to side, turning it at the same time, until he suddenly withdrew upon its point a large lump of glowing substance, which he shook off upon a smooth iron table standing near, called a marver, (that is,”
“Tools: marver I prefer a brass Stump Shaper, but any marver will do.”
“Not pictured- barbecue mashers, "poke small holes" tools like the Whimsicalities brand, glass or kitchen shears and my trusty torch mounted marver that I use all the time.”
“If you happen to marver it too much and your glass gets too thin at the top, just sparingly add a few more dots of glass around the top of it and gently melt in and marver again- g e n t l y and not too hot.”
“I just checked and they are currently out of stock, but you could maybe make your own with a graphite marver and carving the slot.”
“Then I feel the stiffness of the glass as I roll it onto my torch mounted marver and later cut into it with my brass Stump Shaper.”
“Because you need this top of the stem to help support your cap and make it more secure and easier to marver.”
“I lay the clear onto the silver and marver it into place spreading it across more of the silver if possible. brass Stump Shaper is great for that”
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“My spitting glass was bouncing off of my torch mounted marver directly onto my neck.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘marver’.
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phrontistery - m
from phrontistery.info
malm, marc, marl, maya, mazy, meet, mel, mew, mewling, mho, miasma, micaceous and 898 more...
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Marbles
From the GNU Webster's 1913:
"n. A massive, compact limestone; a variety of calcite, capable of being polished and used for architectural and ornamental purposes. The color varies from white ...marble, marbles, lost my marbles, Elgin Marbles, Yule marble, Verona red marble, Carrara marble, Pentelican marble, Parian marble, bardiglio, lumachelle, fire-marble and 117 more...
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Desserts of Random Palavery
Another of my Random Palavery lists, still an eclectic listing of terms that catch my eye and ear. It can't be helped. I am, (as a former partner phrased it) a word-bird.
chablis, ervy, keek, armiger, argand lamp, arblast, milch-cow, cow-calf units, durrus, tom noddy, low-bell, cargo cult and 139 more...
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The Glassworks
filigree-glass, vitro-di-trina, reticulated glass, latticinio, schmelze, swing-table, cullet, ratsbane, eskalith, fly-frame, polissoir, flattener and 158 more...
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Words I've Found While Reading and Di...
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demijohn, eiderdown, aeolotropic, haptic, fecundity, mojibake, stochastic, nibble, homoskedastic, Entscheidungsproblem, hirsute, mutule and 68 more...
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Glassmaking terms
avolio, aeolipile, rhyton, came, acid etching, acid stamping, twist, air twist, annealing, at-the-fire, glory hole, glazier and 67 more...
Tweets
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fbharjo as in marve(luste)r?? Jan 3, 2013
hernesheir (n.) A flat steel plate used for picking up color chips or shaping molten glass on the end of a blowpipe or pipe with a rolling action. Aug 5, 2009