Definition of blow

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Blow (v. t.) To drive by a current air; to impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore..

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Blowpipe :: Blowpipe (n.) A tube for directing a jet of air into a fire or into the flame of a lamp or candle, so as to concentrate the heat on some object..
Beat :: Beat (v. t.) To punish by blows; to thrash.
Winder :: Winder (n.) A blow taking away the breath.
Clout :: Clout (n.) To give a blow to; to strike.
Blower :: Blower (n.) A small fish of the Atlantic coast (Tetrodon turgidus); the puffer.
Peen :: Peen (v. t.) To draw, bend, or straighten, as metal, by blows with the peen of a hammer or sledge..
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..
Bluster :: Bluster (v. i.) To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous, as the weather..
Vane :: Vane (n.) A contrivance attached to some elevated object for the purpose of showing which way the wind blows; a weathercock. It is usually a plate or strip of metal, or slip of wood, often cut into some fanciful form, and placed upon a perpendicular axis around which it moves freely..
Anti-trade :: Anti-trade (n.) A tropical wind blowing steadily in a direction opposite to the trade wind.
Evade :: Evade (v. t.) To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pursuer, a punishment; to evade the force of an argument..
Horner :: Horner (n.) One who winds or blows the horn.
Blowpipe :: Blowpipe (n.) A blowgun; a blowtube.
Thwack :: Thwack (n.) A heavy blow with something flat or heavy; a thump.
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..
Whiff :: Whiff (v. t.) To carry or convey by a whiff, or as by a whiff; to puff or blow away..
Snite :: Snite (v. t.) To blow, as the nose; to snuff, as a candle..
Buffet :: Buffet (v. t.) To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows..
Slash :: Slash (v. i.) To strike violently and at random, esp. with an edged instrument; to lay about one indiscriminately with blows; to cut hastily and carelessly..
"""buff " :: Buff (n.) A buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase Blindman's buff..
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