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twire-pipe
† 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... Oxford English Dictionary
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tuyere
tuyere (twɪə(r), twaɪə(r), ‖ tɥijɛr, tyjɛr) Forms: (4 tuer, toyer, toyere). α. 7 twire-, 9 twyer(e, twyére, twyeer. β. 8–9 tweer, 9 twear. γ. 9 tuyer(e, tuyère; tewer, tewyre. [The common current spelling of the word already entered in the forms tew-iron and tow-iren, and taken as ad. OF. toiere (13... Oxford English Dictionary
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