To churn continually; to swirl.
To defile or dirty.
To toil, to work hard.
The glass circling the tip of a blowpipe or punty, such as the residual glass after detaching a blown vessel, or the lower part of a gather.
A spot; a defilement.
Confusion, turmoil.
Hard work.
The excess material which adheres to the top, base, or rim of a glass object when it is cut or knocked off from a blowpipe or punty, or from the mold-filling process. Typically removed after annealing as part of the finishing process (e.g. scored and snapped off).
The metallic oxide from a blowpipe which has adhered to a glass object.
To beat; to thrash; to whip; to lash.
To cut, especially to cut off a large portion.
A strike with the fist; a blow; a knock.
A large portion, slice or lump.