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wedging

In ceramics, a technique in which clay is thoroughly kneaded before modelling to make it malleable and easy to use. Air pockets, which can cause pottery forms to crack on firing, are also removed during the process.



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The age had not so much refinement, that any sense of impropriety restrained the wearers of petticoat and farthingale from stepping forth into the public ways, and wedging their not unsubstantial persons, if occasion were, into the throng nearest to the scaffold at an execution.
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
"Then I'll break his neck," Scott retorted, continuing his shoving and wedging with the revolver muzzle.
White Fang by London, Jack View in context
The Irishman grunted again and made a frantic struggle to twist his body around, but the wedging bodies on either side held him in a vise.
The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context
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