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Definition of Marvering
1. marver [v] - See also: marver
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marvering
Literary usage of Marvering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Cyclopædia of Applied Mechanics: A Dictionary of Mechanical by Appleton, firm, publishers, New York (1880)
"Previous to the operation of " marvering," the workman cools the iron pipe, which
has become heated by ... During the previous operation of " marvering ..."
2. Appletons' Cyclopædia of Applied Mechanics: A Dictionary of Mechanical by Park Benjamin, D. Appleton and Company (1880)
"Previous to the operation of " marvering," the workman cools the iron pipe, ...
During the previous operation of " marvering," the mass of glass is ..."
3. The Popular Science Monthly (1890)
"A lump of this glass is gathered on the end of the blowpipe and formed into a
symmetrical shape by rolling on the marvering-table. ..."
4. The Popular Science Monthly (1891)
"The plastic mass is rolled into a pear-shaped ball on the marvering table.
A little air is then blown into the center of the ..."
5. The Industries of Scotland: Their Rise, Progress, and Present Condition by David Bremner (1869)
"He then blows into the tube, and causes the glass to expand slightly, repeats
the " marvering," and so ..."
6. Chemical Technology: Or, Chemistry, Applied to the Arts and to Manufactures by Friedrich Ludwig Knapp, Walter Rogers Johnson (1849)
"During the previous operation of " marvering," the mass of glass is fashioned so
as to give ..."
7. Silica and the Silicates by James Aloysius Audley (1921)
"A remarkable effect is also obtained by rolling or marvering some dark-coloured
glass upon a thin layer of flaked mica, then making another gathering or ..."
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