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noun

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.

Origin:
1820–30; glass + blowing

Related forms

glass·blow·er, noun

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glassblower
noun
someone skilled in blowing bottles from molten glass

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