Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as faucet.
  • noun In glass-manuf.:
  • noun A basket of wire secured to the end of a rod, for the purpose of carrying the bottle from the mold or blowing-rod to the leer.
  • noun A rod put into the mouth of the bottle for the same purpose.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Glass Making) A wire basket on the end of a rod to carry glass bottles, etc., to the annealing furnace; also, an iron rod to be thrust into the mouths of bottles, and used for the same purpose; -- called also pontee and punty.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun glassmaking A wire basket on the end of a rod to carry glass bottles, etc., to the annealing furnace.
  • noun glassmaking An iron rod to be thrust into the mouths of bottles to carry them to the furnace.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word fascet.

Examples

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.