gathering-iron love

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In glass manufacturing, a gathering-rod.

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Examples

  • 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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