Tweer, n.
n. [Fr. tuyère, allied to tuyau, a pipe, from Icel. tuda, tube, Dan. tūd, D. tuit, Prov. Ger. zaute.] The point of the blast-pipe in a smelting furnace. [Written also twier or tuyere.]
n. [Fr. tuyère, allied to tuyau, a pipe, from Icel. tuda, tube, Dan. tūd, D. tuit, Prov. Ger. zaute.] The point of the blast-pipe in a smelting furnace. [Written also twier or tuyere.]