moiles Glass-blowing.
(mɔɪlz)
Also (in Dicts.) moil.
[Cf. F. meule ‘se dit, dans les verreries, des morceaux de verre qui s'attachent aux cannes’, (Littré).]
(See quot.)
| 1875 Knight Dict. Mech., Moiles, the metallic oxide adhering to the glass which is knocked from the end of the blow-pipe. |