What is the iron used for trying the melted glass to see if is fit to work, and for shaping the rings at the mouths of bottles called?
ferret — The iron used for trying the melted glass to see if is fit to work, and for shaping the rings at the mouths of bottles. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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