parison means A spherical mass of glass, rolled immediately after being taken out of the furnace. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
parison is pronounced /ˈpæɹɪsən/.
Etymology
From French paraison, from parer (“pare”). Doublet of paration.
noun
- A spherical mass of glass, rolled immediately after being taken out of the furnace.“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.”