† twire-pipe Obs. rare.
[In sense 2 f. twire tuyere. Sense 1 may have the same origin.]
1. App. a contemptuous name for a musical pipe; in quots. applied to persons.
| 1619 Fletcher Mons. Thomas iii. i, Ye are an Ass, a twirepipe, A Jeffery John bo peepe. a 1634 Chapman (Webster), I have said..that you looked like Twire-pipe, the taborer. |
2. A tuyere-pipe: see tuyere b.
| 1674 Petty Disc. Dupl. Proportion 105 The Bellows..rising in double Quickness admits double air..the whole passing through the same Twire-pipe in half the time. |