Hard work.
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.
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.
Arduous work, performed in a vigorous, committed manner.
Reliable, useful, capable service.