Citations:andiron


 * 1882,, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 4, page 610
 * Sometimes the open hearth, in which wood was burnt, was furnished with a pair of andirons.
 * 1963,, "Winter: For an Untenable Situation", Poems Two
 * when the last brick of the fireplace / has been cracked for its nut of warmth / and the last bone cracked for its coal / and the andirons themselves sucked cold, / we will move on!
 * 2003,, , chapter 54
 * Beneath the Egyptian goddess, inside the fireplace, two stone gargoyles served as andirons, their mouths gaping to reveal their menacing hollow throats.
 * Beneath the Egyptian goddess, inside the fireplace, two stone gargoyles served as andirons, their mouths gaping to reveal their menacing hollow throats.