parison

English

Etymology

From French paraison, from parer (“pare”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpæɹɪsən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɹəsən/

Noun

parison (plural parisons)

1. (glassblowing) A spherical mass of glass, rolled immediately after being taken out of the furnace.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 278:

     The wineglasses were from a matched dozen, each having begun as a glowing parison at the end of some blowpipe over in Murano but days before.

Translations

primary mass in glassblowing

• Finnish: aihio (fi), lasiaihio
• French: paraison (fr) f
• German: Külbel (de) n
• Russian: ба́ночка (ru) f (bánočka), пу́лька (ru) f (púlʹka)

Anagrams

• asporin, pansori, saporin, soprani