Glass: A Pocket Dictionary Of Terms Commonly Used - Corning ...

Flameworked figurine. France,
early 18th century. H. 5.1 cm.
sometimes used (erroneously) as a synonym for casing.
(2) The act of reheating a parison by inserting it into a
glory hole and then withdrawing it rapidly.
Flat bouquet: A decorative arrangement of canes in a
paperweight. The canes imitate a bouquet of flowers
and leaves, the flat top of which is parallel to the bottom
of the paperweight.
Flint glass: A misnomer for English and American lead
glass. The term came into use in 1674, when George
ravenscroft’s new glass formula included ground,
calcined flint as a source of silica. in the 18th and 19th
centuries, the term was applied to decolorized glass,
even when it contained no flint.
Flügelglas (German, “wing glass”): See Winged goblet.
Flute: A very tall and slender wineglass on a short stem.
Fluting: Decoration that consists of narrow vertical
grooves (flutes).
Flux: A substance that lowers the melting temperature
of another substance. For example, a flux is added to
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