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parison

  • /ˈpæɹɪsən/ UK
  • /ˈpɛɹəsən/ US

Where it comes from

From French paraison, from parer (“pare”). Doublet of paration.

noun parisons

  1. 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.

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noun primary mass in glassblowing

Françaisparaison
DeutschKülbel
Русскийба́ночка bánočka, пу́лька púlʹka

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@misc{parison_2026,
  title = {parison},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/parison},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}