† twire-pipen.
Obsolete. rare.
1. Apparently a contemptuous name for a musical pipe; in quots. applied to persons.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > [noun]
player?c1450
sounder1591
instrumentist1609
twire-pipea1625
tweedle-dee1725
tweedle-dum1725
instrumental1798
instrumentalist1814
tudeler1814
a1625 J. Fletcher Monsieur Thomas (1639) iii. i. sig. F4 Ye are an Ass, a twirepipe, A Ieffery John bo peepe.
a1634 G. Chapman in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (1890) I have said..that you looked like Twire-pipe, the taborer.
2. A tuyere-pipe: see tuyere-pipe n. at tuyere n. Compounds 1.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > parts of furnace > [noun] > tuyere
twire-pipe1674
tuyere1781
tow-iron1889
society > occupation and work > equipment > metalworking equipment > [noun] > forging equipment > bellows > parts of
tew-iron1399
rock-staff1561
basis1669
twire-pipe1674
rocker1678
tewel1678
wind-hole1688
wind-sucker1688
rostrum1706
muzzle1726
tuyere1781
stirrup1843
hinge1852
tue1883
1674 W. Petty Disc. before Royal Soc. 105 The Bellows..rising in double Quickness admits double air..the whole passing through the same Twire-pipe in half the time.
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