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glassing, vbl. n.|ˈglɑːsɪŋ, -æ-| [See -ing1.] The action of the vb. glass, in various senses.
1617Extracts Aberd. Reg. (1848) II. 349 The repairing, and glassin of the wyndoes, of the said kirk. a1652J. Smith Sel. Disc. vi. 195 This glassing of divine things by hieroglyphics and emblems in the fancy. 1656H. Phillips Purch. Patt. (1676) A v b, The Tyling, Plaistering, Lead, and Glassing. 1875Knight Dict. Mech., Glassing..The operation of dressing leather on the grain side by a tool consisting of a glass slip set in a wooden handle. 1897C. T. Davis Manuf. Leather (ed. 2) 263 Machines for rolling, pebbling, glassing or polishing. b. attrib. and Comb., as glassing effect; † glassing board, ? a board or table used by a glazier for his work; glassing-jack, -machine, machines used in dressing leather.
1544Ludlow Churchw. Acc. (Camden) 18 To mr. glasyer for a *glassynge borde..xvjd.
1861L. L. Noble Icebergs 170 Along the lower portion [of the Iceberg] where you see the *glassing effects of the waves, there it resembles the rarest Sèvres vase..so exquisitely fine is the polish.
1884Knight Dict. Mech. Suppl., *Glassing Jack,..a machine in which is fitted a plate glass slicker for polishing and smoothing leather. 1885Harper's Mag. Jan. 278/1 To further prepare the surface each one is held under a ‘glassing-jack’, a kind of bar or arm moving swiftly to and fro above a solid bed.
1885C. T. Davis Manuf. Leather xxvi. 458 The *glassing machine..is adapted for work on all kinds of upper leather, sheep, goat, and Morocco. |