Muff

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-003800",
  "term": "Muff",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A cylinder of glass formed by blowing a gather of molten glass into an elongated bubble. This bubble is then cut open lengthwise and flattened into a sheet. The muff process was a common method for producing flat glass before the development of drawn sheet glass and float glass methods.",
  "synonyms": [
    "whiskers",
    "beard",
    "muff and beard:"
  ],
  "subject": "Glass and ceramics",
  "see_also": [
    "beard"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "de": "Muff",
    "es": "manguito",
    "fr": "manchon"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/muff/"
}