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tuellus

1 tuellus v. tualia
2 tuellus [AN tuel(e)], pipe, tube; b (of flue or chimney); c (of spout); d (for disposal of waste). 1290 pro uno magno cressetto cum xij ~is et ij lanternis, v s. ij d. Doc. Scot. I 140; [vulneris] labium oppositum accipe canella vel ~o concavo, in quo fit fenestra juxta extremitatem inferiorem Gad. 123. 2.  b 1238 [to cause ‥ the flue] ~um [of the king's fireplace] camini [there to be raised] exaltari Cal. Liberate 306; 1243 †cuella [l. ~a] chaminorum de Wulvesheya ‥ reparari ‥ faciatis RGasc I 239b; 1246 ~um et caminum (Liberate) Building in Eng. 100; 1259 de expensis factis ‥ circa caminum camere ‥ regis prosternendum et reficiendum et ~um ejusdem camini ‥ cum ferro ligandum (KR Ac) Ac. Build. Hen. III 378; 1364 pro ~is vulgariter vocatis chymnes (KR Ac) Building in Eng. 98; 1433 in construccione ~i camini lapidei super domum rastur', xxj s. Ac. Durh. 273.  c 1328 j picherius cum longo ~o [gl.: canalis, tubus, tuyau], ponderis xlj s. Reg. Exon. 569.  d 1240 in camera ejusdem camere [in turri Lond'] versus orientem faciatis fieri unam magnam turellam rotundam versus Thamisiam, ita quod ~us ultime camere descendat in Thamisiam Liberate 14 m. 17; 1313 precepit quemdam murum petreum fieri pro orduris exeuntibus de tuell' garderobarum magne turris abscondentis [i. e. abscondendis] KR Ac 469/16 f. 3d..

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