The Collaborative International Dictionary
parison
parison \par"i*son\, n. (Glassworking) An intermediate stage or shape of a glass object which is produced in more than one stage.
Wiktionary
parison
n. (context glassblowing English) A spherical mass of glass, rolled immediately after being taken out of the furnace.
Usage examples of "parison".
Yet with all her appetites, she suffered in com parison to the woman in front of him now.
Let me put it like this: by com parison, the squalling cacodemons were quiet and melodious.