glass blowing

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glass blowing - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]