What is another word for "tongs"?

Roget's Thesaurus (1911) lists these synonyms for "tongs": air, alembic, andiron, area, athanor, back, backlog, bakehouse, bath, bird, boiler, bond, brasier, burner, caboose, caldron, camboose, captive, central, chamber, clench, clinch, close, clutch, coal, combustion, conservatory, convective, cracker, crucible, custody, detain, detention, electric, entail, fast, fiery, finger, fire, fireplace.

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