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Definition of Tweer
1. n. Same as Tuyère.
Definition of Tweer
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of tuyere) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tweer
1. to peer [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: peer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tweer
Literary usage of Tweer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"To TWI RE, or tweer, sometimes means to peep out. In Ben Jonson, maids are said
to ¡wire, when they peep through ... Here we find it tweer : In good sadness ..."
2. The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index, and by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1853)
"... you will do a work very becoming the British Spec tator, and oblige your very
humble servant, ' TOM tweer. '* No. 519. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25. ..."
3. The Science Record edited by Alfred Ely Beach (1874)
"pressure of from 30 feet to 40 feet, and more if possible) directly to the front
of the tweer, in order to prevent incrustation, though that end is not ..."
4. The Science Record: A Compendium of Scientific Progress and Discovery edited by Alfred Ely Beach (1874)
"Such a tweer has to be removed every six months, in order to get the incrustation
out either by means of hammering, or by drying the tweer, and making it ..."
5. Report on the Geology and Topography of a Portion of the Lake Superior Land by John Wells Foster, Josiah Dwight Whitney (1851)
"Fig. 2. Side elevation of the same ; thex letters corresponding to those of figure
1. Fig. 3. Horizontal section of the same on the level of the tweer. Fig. ..."
6. Philadelphia and Its Manufactures: A Hand-book Exhibiting the Development by Edwin Troxell Freedley (1858)
"The forge fire is employed for converting pig into the better kinds of Wrought Iron.
A large open forge fire, with the tweer in one corner, ..."
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