Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An abbreviation of
tympano or tympani. - noun In the blast-furnace, the crown of the opening in front of the hearth, a little below and in front of which is the dam-stone.
- noun In coal-mining, a cap or lid; a short piece of timber placed horizontally for supporting the roof.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Blast Furnace) A hollow water-cooled iron casting in the upper part of the archway in which the dam stands.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A hollow water-cooled
iron casting in the upper part of thearchway of ablast furnace in which thedam stands.
Etymologies
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So sometime around publication date, everyone I know--and lots of people I don't--will be getting panicked emails, How do you pronounce Calan hyddrev, tymp dydd yn edwi/Cynhwrv yn ebyr, llyr yn llenwii?
TIMH Ep. 2 2008
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