Definition of blast

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Blast (n.) A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a bellows, the mouth, etc. Hence: The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace; as, to melt so many tons of iron at a blast..

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Forbid :: Forbid (v. t.) To accurse; to blast.
Set :: Set (v. i.) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form; as, cuttings set well; the fruit has set well (i. e., not blasted in the blossom)..
Meroblast :: Meroblast (n.) An ovum, as that of a mammal, only partially composed of germinal matter, that is, consisting of both a germinal portion and an albuminous or nutritive one; -- opposed to holoblast..
Blastule :: Blastule (n.) Same as Blastula.
Ectoblast :: Ectoblast (n.) The outer envelope of a cell; the cell wall.
Siderated :: Siderated (a.) Planet-struck; blasted.
Windlass :: Windlass (n.) An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow..
Blastophoric :: Blastophoric (a.) Relating to the blastophore.
Accrementition :: Accrementition (n.) The process of generation by development of blastema, or fission of cells, in which the new formation is in all respect like the individual from which it proceeds..
Blast :: Blast (n.) The act of rending, or attempting to rend, heavy masses of rock, earth, etc., by the explosion of gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; also, the charge used for this purpose..
Spongoid :: Spongoblast (n.) One of the cells which, in sponges, secrete the spongin, or the material of the horny fibers..
Mesenchyma :: Mesenchyma (n.) The part of the mesoblast which gives rise to the connective tissues and blood.
Blasting :: Blasting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blas.
Flurry :: Flurry (n.) A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze; as, a flurry of wind..
Epiblast :: Epiblast (n.) The outer layer of the blastoderm; the ectoderm. See Blastoderm, Delamination..
Gymnoblastea :: Gymnoblastea (n. pl.) The Athecata; -- so called because the medusoid buds are not inclosed in a capsule.
Blast :: Blast (n.) A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a bellows, the mouth, etc. Hence: The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace; as, to melt so many tons of iron at a blast..
Gastrodisc :: Gastrodisc (n.) That part of blastoderm where the hypoblast appears like a small disk on the inner face of the epibladst.
Micromere :: Micromere (n.) One of the smaller cells, or blastomeres, resulting from the complete segmentation of a telolecithal ovum..
Fluke :: Fluke (n.) An instrument for cleaning out a hole drilled in stone for blasting.
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