Jiggering

Jiggering

A partially mechanised vessel-forming process on the potter's wheel, where a pivoting arm (a jigger or jolley) with a mounted profile rib is brought down against a centred clay ball within or upon a wheel-mounted mold.

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Culinary arts; Cooking

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jiggering

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

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Convention; Conferences

A 1-ounce measure used in making alcoholic drinks.

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Kitchen & dining; Drinkware

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Professional careers; Occupational titles

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Also called a shot, a jigger is a small drinking glass- shaped container used to measure liquor.

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Natural tendency of materials in liquid solution to go from area of high concentration to area of lower concentration, resulting in even distribution of materials throughout the ...

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scoring

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Process of incising shallow grooves into surface of wet or leather hard clay in cross-hatch pattern before applying slurry and joining pieces.

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