tewel (ew as u), tewell, tuill

[O. Fr. tuiel, tueil; Fr. tuyau. ] 1. A pipe, a chimney, a funnel. "In the back of the forge, against the fire-place, is fixed a thick iron plate, and a taper pipe in it above five inches long, called a tewel , or tewel iron, which comes through the back of the forge; into this tewel is placed the bellows."- Moxon . 2. The same as TUYERE (q. v.). tew'-ing (ew as ū), pr . par.ora. [TEW (1), v.] tewing-beetle, s. A spade-shaped instrument for beating hemp, tewing, to use ling, tawing, or teasing being yet existing terms for the working by pulling and beating. tew-taw (ew as i), v. t. [A reduplication of taw, v., or tew (1), v.] To beat or break, as hemp or flax; to taw. "The method and way of watering, pilling, breaking, and tewtawing of hemp and flax, is a particular -Mortimer. 254 IMG:content-0955.png:[blocks in formation] It is said that the first ecclesiastic who preached from a text was Stephen Langton, Arch fifteenth century were texts universally in use among preachers. 3. Hence, any subject or theme chosen to enlarge or comment upon; a topic. "No more: the text is foolish." Shakesp.: Lear , iv. 2. 4. A particular kind of handwriting of a large kind; also a particular kind of letter or character; as, German text , small text . [TEXT-HAND.] "Fair as a text B in a copy book." Shakesp.: Love's Labor's Lost , v. 2. 5. The received reading of any pa age. [TEXT US RECEPT US.] text-book, s. 1. A book containing a selection of texts or pa ages of Scripture for easy reference. 2. A book with wide spaces between the lines of text for notes or comments. 3. A book used by students as a standard book for a particular branch of study; a manual of instruction; a book which forms the basis of lectures or comments.