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Definition of Glass cutter
1. Noun. Someone who cuts or grinds designs on glass.
2. Noun. Someone who cuts flat glass to size.
Generic synonyms: Artificer, Artisan, Craftsman, Journeyman
Derivative terms: Glaze
3. Noun. A tool for cutting glass.
Definition of Glass cutter
1. Noun. A hand tool used for scoring a piece of glass so that it can be snapped cleanly in two. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Literary usage of Glass cutter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"By end of the century it had advanced considerably and the craftsman of that
period was styled "lapidary and glass-cutter." For some considerable time after ..."
2. A Treatise on the Origin, Progressive Improvement and Present State of the by George Richardson Porter, John Holland (1846)
"The implements employed by the glass-cutter, although, owing to the great variety
of the work which he has ..."
3. A Treatise on the Origin, Progressive Improvement, and Present State of the by George Richardson Porter (1832)
"The implements employed by the glass-cutter, although, owing to the great variety
of the work which he has to execute, In the present advanced state of the ..."
4. Wilson's Photographic Magazine (1911)
"THE photographer is often faced with the necessity of cutting glass, yet often
shirks it and calls in the aid of the professional glass-cutter. ..."
5. The Popular Science Monthly (1889)
"Each space is then numbered correspondingly on both tracings, and one of them is
cut up to make patterns for the glass-cutter. ..."
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