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Definition of Twier
1. tuyere [n -S] - See also: tuyere
Lexicographical Neighbors of Twier
Literary usage of Twier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Mineralogy: Including Observations on Mines, Rocks, Reduction of by James Dwight Dana (1877)
"Three of these opening are called the twier-arches, and the other is the ...
The view in figure 1, gives a front view of a twier arch ; and in figure 2, ..."
2. Manual of Mineralogy by James Dwight Dana (1855)
"Three of these opening are called the twier-arches, and the other is the ...
The view in figure 1, gives a front view of a twier arch ; and in figure 2, ..."
3. Manual of Mineralogy: Including Observations on Mines, Rock, Reduction of by James Dwight Dana (1876)
"1,2,) which extends in to the stonework that encloses the hearth. Three of these
opening are called the twier-arches, and the other is the front or working ..."
4. Statistics of Coal: Including Mineral Bituminous Substances Employed in Arts by Richard Cowling Taylor, Samuel Stehman Haldeman (1855)
"To prevent the twier from being destroyed by contact with the fire of the hearth,
... The twier receives the nozzle, and this the belly-pipe, ..."
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