parison
English edit
Etymology edit
From French paraison, from parer (“pare”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
parison (plural parisons)
- (glassblowing) A spherical mass of glass, rolled immediately after being taken out of the furnace.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 278:
- The wineglasses were from a matched dozen, each having begun as a glowing parison at the end of some blowpipe over in Murano but days before.
Translations edit
primary mass in glassblowing