Definition of blowing

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Blowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blo.

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Anti-trade :: Anti-trade (n.) A tropical wind blowing steadily in a direction opposite to the trade wind.
Suffocate :: Sufflation (n.) The act of blowing up or inflating.
Whiffler :: Whiffler (n.) An officer who went before procession to clear the way by blowing a horn, or otherwise; hence, any person who marched at the head of a procession; a harbinger..
Afflation :: Afflation (n.) A blowing or breathing on; inspiration.
Callithump :: Callithump (n.) A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns, and other discordant noises; also, a burlesque serenade; a charivari..
South :: South (a.) Lying toward the south; situated at the south, or in a southern direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the south, or coming from the south; blowing from the south; southern; as, the south pole..
Windflower :: Windflower (n.) The anemone; -- so called because formerly supposed to open only when the wind was blowing. See Anemone.
Tromp :: Tromp (n.) A blowing apparatus, in which air, drawn into the upper part of a vertical tube through side holes by a stream of water within, is carried down with the water into a box or chamber below which it is led to a furnace..
Scutch :: Scutch (v. t.) To loosen and dress the fiber of (cotton or silk) by beating; to free (fibrous substances) from dust by beating and blowing.
Insufflation :: Insufflation (n.) The act of blowing (a gas, powder, or vapor) into any cavity of the body..
Souffle :: Souffle (n.) A murmuring or blowing sound; as, the uterine souffle heard over the pregnant uterus..
Duster :: Duster (n.) A blowing machine for separating the flour from the bran.
Circumflant :: Circumflant (a.) Blowing around.
Mine :: Mine (v. i.) A cavity or tunnel made under a fortification or other work, for the purpose of blowing up the superstructure with some explosive agent..
Buccinator :: Buccinator (n.) A muscle of the cheek; -- so called from its use in blowing wind instruments.
Blower :: Blower (n.) A blowing out or excessive discharge of gas from a hole or fissure in a mine.
Politzerization :: Politzerization (n.) The act of inflating the middle ear by blowing air up the nose during the act of swallowing; -- so called from Prof. Politzer of Vienna, who first practiced it..
Blow :: Blow (n.) A blowing, esp., a violent blowing of the wind; a gale; as, a heavy blow came on, and the ship put back to port..
Cornage :: Cornage (n.) Anancient tenure of land, which obliged the tenant to give notice of an invasion by blowing a horn..
Conflation :: Conflation (n.) A blowing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry..
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