A hollow water-cooled iron casting in the upper part of the archway of a blast furnace in which the dam stands.

plural of tymp

(medicine) tympanic

The tympanic bone.

Of, relating to, or resembling a drum. / (anatomy) Relating to the tympanum, eardrum or middle ear. / (music) Resonant.

Alternative spelling of timpanist

plural of tympanum / plural of tympanon

Alternative spelling of timpani.

(medicine) A distended abdomen as a result of an accumulation of gas.

(printing) A piece of cloth padding placed under the platen of a letterpress to distribute the pressure on the sheet being printed. / (music) The stretched membrane of a drum.