jolleyn.
/ˈdʒɒli/, U.S. /ˈdʒɑli/ Pottery.
A variety of jigger (see jigger n.1 5a).
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society > occupation and work > equipment > pottery manufacturing equipment > [noun] > potter's lathe
potter's lathe1728
throwing wheel1746
throwing engine1747
lathe1773
jigger1825
jolley?1881
kick-wheel1893
?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 88 Earthenware..manufacture... Jollier. Jolly Maker.
1891 Pop. Sci. Monthly Dec. 168 A ‘jolly’..consisting of a table on which is a revolving mold [etc.].
1893 E. A. Barber Pottery & Porcelain U.S. (1909) 7 A ‘jolly’..consisting of a revolving disk or wheel on which the mould is placed.
1901 W. P. Rix tr. E. Bourry Treat. Ceramic Industries iv. 213 The heads of jolleys are arranged so as to receive the moulds, the placing and removal of which must be done very rapidly.
1904 G. F. Goodchild & C. F. Tweney Technol. & Sci. Dict. 327/2 Jolly, a machine used in the manufacture by machinery of cups, jugs, and hollow ware generally.
1915 A. 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.
1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §105 Cup maker, a jollier who makes cups on a single or double cup jolley.
1960 H. Powell Beginner's Bk. Pottery 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).
Derivatives
ˈjolleying n. (also ˈjollying) the act of using a jolley.
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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > pottery-making or ceramics > [noun] > specific processes
fictilage1610
throwing1686
fritting1816
biscuiting1819
slapping1825
blunging1832
jigging1865
baking1868
bossinga1877
kaolinization1886
towing1892
jolleying1901
saggaring1901
mould-running1910
mullitization1939
double-dipping1940
Belgicization1942
prefiring1944
press-moulding1953
1901 W. P. Rix tr. E. Bourry 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.
1934 J. B. Priestley Eng. Journey 220 If you work at the stuff [sc. potter's clay] inside a mould, you are, I believe, either ‘jollying’ or ‘jiggering’.
1951 Electronic Engin. 23 337 Automatic jollying machines have now been developed for the production of plates, cups and saucers.
1972 N. French Industr. Ceramics: Tableware iii. 26 The extreme precision and expense of mould-making normally offsets the advantages of jolleying.
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ˈjollied adj. manufactured by jolley.
ˈjollier n.1 (also jollyer) one who makes pottery by means of a jolley.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > potter > [noun] > involved in specific process
glazer1839
slapper1860
mould-runner1863
lathe-treader1865
jollier?1881
tower1894
ground-layer1898
placer1898
lead-glazier1899
glazier1900
thimble-picker1901
jiggerer1921
?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 88 Earthenware..manufacture... Jollier. Jolly Maker.
1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §105 Bowl maker,..a jollier who makes bowls by jolleying process.
1934 J. 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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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