Definition of blow

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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..

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Stripe :: Stripe (n.) A stroke or blow made with a whip, rod, scourge, or the like, such as usually leaves a mark..
Administer :: Administer (v. t.) To apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or something beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a reproof, etc..
Blowtube :: Blowtube (n.) A long wrought iron tube, on the end of which the workman gathers a quantity of metal (melted glass), and through which he blows to expand or shape it; -- called also blowing tube, and blowpipe..
Blower :: Blower (n.) One who, or that which, blows..
Hornblower :: Hornblower (n.) One who, or that which, blows a horn..
Stramineous :: Stramazoun (n.) A direct descending blow with the edge of a sword.
Ranz Des Vaches :: Ranz des vaches () The name for numerous simple, but very irregular, melodies of the Swiss mountaineers, blown on a long tube called the Alpine horn, and sometimes sung..
Inflate :: Inflate (p. a.) Blown in; inflated.
Bluster :: Bluster (v. i.) To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous, as the weather..
Lash :: Lash (n.) The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given..
Beat :: Beat (n.) A stroke; a blow.
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..
Efflorescence :: Efflorescence (n.) Flowering, or state of flowering; the blooming of flowers; blowth..
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..
Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) The act of striking; a blow; a hit; a knock; esp., a violent or hostile attack made with the arm or hand, or with an instrument or weapon..
Dint :: Dint (n.) The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.
Whiteblow :: Whiteblow (n.) Same as Whitlow grass, under Whitlow..
Vane :: Vane (n.) Any flat, extended surface attached to an axis and moved by the wind; as, the vane of a windmill; hence, a similar fixture of any form moved in or by water, air, or other fluid; as, the vane of a screw propeller, a fan blower, an anemometer, etc..
Intumesce :: Intumesce (v. i.) To enlarge or expand with heat; to swell; specifically, to swell up or bubble up under the action of heat, as before the blowpipe..
Cornage :: Cornage (n.) Anancient tenure of land, which obliged the tenant to give notice of an invasion by blowing a horn..
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