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jolley Pottery.|ˈdʒɒlɪ|
Also jolly.
[Of unknown origin.]
A variety of jigger (see jigger n.1 5 a). So ˈjolleying, ˈjollying vbl. n., the act of using a jolley; ˈjollied ppl. a., manufactured by jolley; ˈjollier1, jollyer, one who makes pottery by means of a jolley.
1881Instructions to Census Clerks (1885) 88 Earthenware..manufacture... Jollier. Jolly Maker. 1891Pop. Sci. Monthly Dec. 168 A ‘jolly’..consisting of a table on which is a revolving mold [etc.]. 1901W. P. Rix tr. Bourry's Treat. Ceramic Industries iv. 182 In jollying, the body is compressed, and forced to become stretched out by means of a profile, having the outline of the article to be made. Ibid. 213 The heads of jolleys are arranged so as to receive the moulds, the placing and removal of which must be done very rapidly. 1915A. B. Searle Clays & Clay Products xv. 118 As plates and saucers are always made ‘upside down’ the profile forms the ‘bottom’ of the plate. The machines used for this work are known as jiggers and jolleys. 1921Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §105 Bowl maker,..a jollier who makes bowls by jolleying process. Ibid., Cup maker, a jollier who makes cups on a single or double cup jolley. 1934J. B. Priestley Eng. Journey 213 If Bennett had been either a master potter on the one hand, or a ‘thrower’ or ‘jollyer’ on the other. Ibid. 220 If you work at the stuff [sc. potter's clay] inside a mould, you are, I believe, either ‘jollying’ or ‘jiggering’. 1951Electronic Engin. XXIII. 337 Automatic jollying machines have now been developed for the production of plates, cups and saucers. 1960H. Powell Beginner's Bk. Pott. i. i. 14 A good investment for a fairly small cash outlay is the jigger, or jolley (no one seems to know which name is correct). 1972N. French Industr. Ceramics: Tableware iii. 26 The extreme precision and expense of mould-making normally offsets the advantages of jolleying. |