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• glass blowing — glassblowing glass blow*ing, glass blowing glass blow*ing . The art and process of creating glass objects, by shaping glass when reduced by heat to a viscid state, using various manipulations with the hands, especially by inflating it by blowing… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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• glassblowing — glass•blow•ing [[t]ˈglæsˌbloʊ ɪŋ[/t]] n. cer the art or process of forming or shaping a mass of molten or heat softened glass into ware by blowing air into it through a tube • Etymology: 1820–30 glass′blow er, n …   From formal English to slang

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