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Thread #36713   Message #3622242
Posted By: IanC
25-Apr-14 - 10:24 AM
Thread Name: Folklore/language: Of snickets and ginnels
Subject: RE: Folklore/language: Of snickets and ginnels
Guest: Tuyere (pronounced Tweer) is commonly used in English to denote the pipe through which air is blown into a blacksmith's forge. An uneducated english person would almost certainly know this and so wouldn't make that mistake.

The word itself is, anyway, specifically used for a pipe or nozzle from which air is blown.

:-)