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grozing-iron|ˈgrəʊzɪŋ ˈaɪən|
Also grosing-.
[Formed after Du. gruisijzer, f. gruis- stem of gruizen to trim glass, to crush, f. gruis fragments.]
†1. A tool in the form of nippers formerly used by glaziers in cutting glass. Obs.
1688R. Holme Armoury iii. ix. 384/2 An Instrument used by the Glasiers, being a Working or Stopping Knife at one end, and a Nipper at the other, and is termed a Knife, and Grosing Iron conjoined in one. 1823P. Nicholson Pract. Build. 422 Glaziers formerly cut their glass out with an instrument called a grozing-iron. 1847Gloss. Heraldry, Grater, or Glaziers' nippers, called also Grazier [? mistake for Grozier], and Grosing-iron: a tool used by glaziers and borne by their company. 1847C. Winston Anc. Glass Painting I. 27 The pieces of glass were..reduced to the exact shape required, by chipping away their edges with an iron hook, called in Theophilus ‘grosiarum ferrum’, and at the present day a grozing iron.
2. An iron tool terminating in a bulb, which, when heated, is used for smoothing the solder joints of lead pipes.
1825J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 629 These grozing⁓irons are of several sizes, generally about twelve inches in length. 1847Smeaton Builder's Man. 132 The solder employed by the plumber..is run into the joint in a liquefied state; after which it is smoothed down by a grozing-iron heated almost to redness. |