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 defile or dirty.
To churn continually; to swirl.
To toil, to work hard.
To work as a tinker.
To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.
A bird, the razor-billed auk.
A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.
An itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of metal.
The act of repair or invention.
Someone who repairs, or attempts repair, on anything mechanical, or who invents such devices; one who tinkers; a tinkerer.
Any of various fish: chub mackerel, silverside, skate, or young mackerel about two years old.