marver, n.
(ˈmɑːvə(r))
[Corruptly a. F. marbre: see marble n. 3.]
A polished slab of marble or iron upon which glass-blowers roll and shape the plastic glass while still on the blow-pipe.
| 1832 G. R. Porter Porcelain & Gl. 169 The next operation is to roll the glass on..a smooth horizontal iron plate called the marver, a name corrupted from the French word ‘marbre’. 1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 132 [One of the men] rolls the lump of glass on a flat slab of stone called a ‘marver’. |
Hence ˈmarver v., to roll (glass) upon a marver.
| 1852–4 Cycl. Usef. Arts (ed. Tomlinson 1866) I. 768/1 He then marvers it,..and placing the hot glass in a brass mould [etc.]. |