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tewel
/ˈtjuːəl/
noun 2name 1
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4ADJ.
recorded
VERB + TEWEL
back
TEWEL + NOUN
pieces, water
PREP.
in, with
Definitions
noun
1
A vent or chimney or pipe, especially one leading into a furnace or bellows.
1825 September 29, patent for a Forge and furnace water back and tewel, recorded in A List of Patents Granted by the United States
Lamasure, M. Le Petit, French patent of, for a double-case furnace tewel supplied with water, &c., xiv. (3d s.) 29
2
The anus, rectum or posterior.
It healeth also cuts, and swelling of the tewel, or fundament, […]
Falconers use many queer but ancient terms of the condition and ailment of birds of prey. Mr Cooper makes sense out of all that. 'Snurt' seems to me an entirely appropriate name for a runny nose, […]. When next I am constipated I shall complain that I have something wrong with my ‘tewel’.
name
1
A hamlet west of Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO8285).
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1825 September 29, patent for a Forge and furnace water back and tewel, recorded in A List of Patents Granted by the United States
Wiktionary02
Lamasure, M. Le Petit, French patent of, for a double-case furnace tewel supplied with water, &c., xiv. (3d s.) 29
Wiktionary03
Also, there are no obvious differences in the proportion of tewel pieces with attached slag in the two furnace types.
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