'glass blowing' definitions:
Definition of 'glass blowing'
From: GCIDE
- glassblowing \glass"blow*ing\, glass blowing \glass" blow*ing\n. The art and process of creating glass objects, by shaping glass when reduced by heat to a viscid state, using various manipulations with the hands, especially by inflating it by blowing through a tube. The process is used to manufacture a wide variety of useful and ornamental objects. The manufacture of simple glass objects has been automated, but complex glass objects are still made by the traditional hand processes. [PJC]