Definition of blow

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Blow (n.) The infliction of evil; a sudden calamity; something which produces mental, physical, or financial suffering or loss (esp. when sudden); a buffet..

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Recheat :: Recheat (v. i.) To blow the recheat.
Rap :: Rap (v. i.) To strike with a quick, sharp blow; to knock; as, to rap on the door..
Parry :: Parry (n.) A warding off of a thrust or blow, as in sword and bayonet exercises or in boxing; hence, figuratively, a defensive movement in debate or other intellectual encounter..
Brunt :: Brunt (v. t.) The force of a blow; shock; collision.
Blower :: Blower (n.) The whale; -- so called by seamen, from the circumstance of its spouting up a column of water..
Buccinator :: Buccinator (n.) A muscle of the cheek; -- so called from its use in blowing wind instruments.
Manna :: Manna (n.) A name given to lichens of the genus Lecanora, sometimes blown into heaps in the deserts of Arabia and Africa, and gathered and used as food..
Blower :: Blower (n.) A device for producing a current of air; as: (a) A metal plate temporarily placed before the upper part of a grate or open fire. (b) A machine for producing an artificial blast or current of air by pressure, as for increasing the draft of a furnace, ventilating a building or shaft, cleansing gram, etc..
Wound :: Wound () imp. & p. p. of Wind to twist, and Wind to sound by blowing..
Upblow :: Upblow (v. t.) To inflate.
Beat :: Beat (v. t.) To punish by blows; to thrash.
Starch :: Starblowlines (n. pl.) The men in the starboard watch.
Pyrognostics :: Pyrognostics (n. pl.) The characters of a mineral observed by the use of the blowpipe, as the degree of fusibility, flame coloration, etc..
"""buff " :: Buff (n.) A buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase Blindman's buff..
Polt :: Polt (n.) A blow or thump.
Corneter :: Corneter (n.) One who blows a cornet.
Blower :: Blower (n.) A braggart, or loud talker..
Clap :: Clap (n.) A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow..
Windward :: Windward (n.) The point or side from which the wind blows; as, to ply to the windward; -- opposed to leeward..
Flyblow :: Flyblow (v. t.) To deposit eggs upon, as a flesh fly does on meat; to cause to be maggoty; hence, to taint or contaminate, as if with flyblows..
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