Blunging.
（Pottery.) The process of mixing clays for the manufacture of porcelain. The proper proportions of the clays and the needful quantity of water are placed over night in a trough about 2 1/2 feet deep. The ingredients are intimately mixed by the blunger (corrupted from plunger), which is a long blade shaped like a spatula, but larger than a shovel, and having a cross-handle by which it is wielded. The material is mixed till it becomes a smooth and plastic mass, a pint of which weighs from 24 to 26 ounces, according to the ingredients. The work is sometimes done in a pug-mill, which saves very hard manual labor.
