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wedger|ˈwɛdʒə(r)|
[f. wedge v.2 + -er1.]
A workman who wedges clay to expel air-bubbles from it.
1881Harper's Mag. Feb. 361/2 The ‘wedger’ takes a lump of..twenty pounds, lays it on the kneading block before him, [etc.]. 1921Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §104 Wedger, clay wedger, cuts lump of clay into pieces or wedges with wire cutter, and beats one piece of clay vigorously against another to make it homogeneous and free of air bubbles, for use in manufacture of highest class ware. |