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Definition of Marver
1. n. A stone, or cast-iron plate, or former, on which hot glass is rolled to give it shape.
Definition of Marver
1. Noun. (context: glassblowing) A flat heat-proof surface, on which a gather of glass is rolled into shape. ¹
2. Verb. To roll glass on a marver. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Marver
1. to roll glass on a marble slab [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marver
Literary usage of Marver
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chemical Technology: Or, Chemistry, Applied to the Arts and to Manufactures by Friedrich Ludwig Knapp, Walter Rogers Johnson (1849)
"46, on a solid plate of cast-iron c, also railed a marver, al- bough used for a
dif- ;rent purpose ... of " marver- ing," the workman cools the iron pipe, ..."
2. A Treatise on the Origin, Progressive Improvement, and Present State of the by George Richardson Porter (1832)
"marver.—Paraison.—Blowing.—Re.heating.— Elongating.—Pontil.—Fashioning.—Detaching.—Removal
to Annealing Oven.—Moulding.—Annealing.—Why indispensable. ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"The condition or quality of being marvelous or wonderful. marver (mär'vèr), n.
[< F. marbre, marble: see marble.] In glass-manuf., a slab or tablet, ..."
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