Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A hollow iron rod, from 5 to 6 feet long, by blowing through which a glass-blower expands the semi-fluid metal gathered on its further end while shaping it on the marver.
- n. Same as blow-gun.
Wiktionary
- n. A blowpipe (used in metallurgy, etc.).
- n. rare A blowgun.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A blowgun.
- n. A similar instrument, commonly of tin, used by boys for discharging paper wads and other light missiles.
- n. (Glassmaking) 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 , andblowpipe .
WordNet 3.0
- n. a tube that directs air or gas into a flame to concentrate heat
- n. a tube through which darts can be shot by blowing
- n. a tube through which darts can be shot by blowing
- n. a tube that directs air or gas into a flame to concentrate heat
Etymologies
- blow + tube (Wiktionary)
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