| 单词 | wetter-off |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswetter-off b. wetter-off, in glass-making, a workman who detaches glass by wetting it. (Cf. wet v. 13.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > glass-maker > [noun] > involved in specific process glass-blower?1518 annealer1656 sarole-man1662 lamp-worker1665 leer man1849 founder1853 wetter-off1883 smalt-maker1921 smalter1923 presser1962 firer1998 1883 H. J. Powell Princ. Glass-making 86 If the bottle be large it is handed, whilst still attached to the blowing-iron, to the ‘wetter off’, who detaches it by applying a moistened tool to the neck. 1888 Daily News 14 Feb. 6/7 The glass is never attached to any part of the machine, and so the ‘wetter-off’ is dispensed with. < as lemmas |
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