See quots. 1825 1888, and cf. tewel, n. 3.

A long lever by which the bellows of a forge are operated.

Each of the boards of a pair of bellows. Obsolete.

A tuyere-pipe: see tuyere-pipe n. at tuyere, n. compounds 1.

A long lever by which the bellows of a forge are operated; = rock-staff, n.1 Now historical and rare.

(See quots., and tew-iron, n., tuyere, n.)

†(a) the opening at the top of the windpipe, the glottis; (b) an opening in brickwork for the passage of air; (c) the hole in the lower board of a…

The valve of a pair of bellows. Obsolete.

Technical uses. The nozzle of a pair of bellows. Obsolete.

The opening through which something is taken in or dispensed; the nozzle of any device; the open end of a tube, etc.

The nozzle through which the blast is forced into a forge or furnace.

Applied to various kinds of foot-rest analogous to the stirrup. A stirrup-like foot-rest for working a bellows.

Of bellows: see quot. 1852.

= tew-iron, n.