andiron

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On display in Manhattan's Robinson Galleries last week went a Wheelock retrospective show that started with the dachshund andiron, ended in 1940 with a crisp, stylized figure of Washington at Valley Forge.

From Time Magazine Archive

She falls, strikes her head against a fraternity andiron.

From Time Magazine Archive

The derivation of Fr. landier, andiron, is unknown, but the iron of the English word is due to folk-etymology.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest

With one foot on top of the andiron and a hand resting on his knee, he stood gazing into the embers.

From The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Howard, Velma Swanston

And my wife saw ye andiron on ye table.

From The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4 by Various