andiron
Example Sentences
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She falls, strikes her head against a fraternity andiron.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Dom La Taste, the great opponent of Jansenism, alluding to the same circumstance, says, "I do not dispute the fact, that the andiron sunk so deeply that it appeared to penetrate to the very backbone."
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 by Various
Among other popular andiron designs of this period were the twisted flame, the urn topped, the queer iron and brass dogs with claw feet, the colonial baluster, and the steeple topped.
From Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings by Northend, Mary H.
Ashes, as fresh as if the fire had just been extinguished, were found in the chimney-place, with pieces of an andiron, iron pot, and other articles.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams
