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Definition of Tewels
1. tewel [n] - See also: tewel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tewels
Literary usage of Tewels
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve, John Canfield Spencer (1848)
"... Americans prompts them to enter into competition with the English. t Part of
the commerce of the Mediterranean is already carried on by American tewels. ..."
2. A Selection of Leading Cases in Equity: With Notes by Frederick Thomas White, Owen Davies Tudor, John Innes Clark Hare, Horace Binney Wallace (1876)
"... without any direction in writing, delivered the tewels as an absolute gift to
her daughter, Lady St. Vincent, ..."
3. The Origins of Invention: A Study of Industry Among Primitive Peoples by Otis Tufton Mason (1895)
"There are four perforations at the base through which pass the tewels, by means
of which a strong current of air is supplied to the base of the furnace. ..."
4. British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning, with Lists of Scandinavian by Henry Barber (1903)
"From Toulon ; a loa n France TEVERSON. From Teversham; a loc. n., Camb. tewels.
Fl. Te veis ; a pn TEWKESBURY. A loc. n., Glost TEWSON. See Tyson TEXTOR. ..."
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