Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In glass manufacturing, a gathering-rod.
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Examples
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As soon as the boy brought the pitcher back another lad, as if calculating by magic the precise moment at which to appear, approached with a small mass of molten glass at the end of his gathering-iron.
The Story of Glass Sara Ware Bassett 1920
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