Marvers

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A flat iron or graphite slab on which glassblowers roll molten glass ; to roll a gob of hot glass across such a slab to shape it
2. A smooth metal plate that glassworkers use as a rolling surface for molten glass ; to shape hot glass by rolling it over a flat plate
3. The flat surface on which a glassblower rolls softened glass to shape it ; to work a glob of heated glass by rolling it on such a surface

Etymology: "Marver" is a term from glassmaking: a flat slab, traditionally of iron or marble, on which molten glass is rolled and shaped before it is worked further. "Marvers" is simply the plural, referring to more than one of these slabs in a glasshouse.