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Moxon, in his "Mechanick Exercises," defines the _tewel_ to be that _pipe_ in a smith's forge into which the nose of the bellows is introduced; and in a

—A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1

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A pipe; a funnel, as for smoke. Chaucer.
Same as twyer.

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Moxon, in his "Mechanick Exercises," defines the _tewel_ to be that _pipe_ in a smith's forge into which the nose of the bellows is introduced; and in a — A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1

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from Middle English tewel, tewelle, tuel, from Old French tuel, tuyel, tuiel, tueil, French tuyau = Provencal Spanish tudel, a pipe; of Teutonic origin; cf. Low German tüte, later G. tüte, deute, dute, a pipe.

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