parison
English
editEtymology
editFrom French paraison, from parer (“pare”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editparison (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
editprimary mass in glassblowing