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tuyere

tuyere


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tuyere  \Tu`y[`e]re"\,  n.  [F.;  akin  to  tuyau  a  pipe;  of  Teutonic 
  origin.  Cf  {Tweer},  {Tewel}.] 
  A  nozzle,  mouthpiece,  or  fixture  through  which  the  blast  is 
  delivered  to  the  interior  of  a  blast  furnace,  or  to  the  fire 
  of  a  forge.  [Corruptly  written  also  {tweer},  and  {twier}.] 
 
  {Tuy[`e]re  arch},  the  embrasure,  in  the  wall  of  a  blast 
  furnace  through  which  the  tuy[`e]re  enters.