blowpipe
Americannoun
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a tube through which a stream of air or gas is forced into a flame to concentrate and increase its heating action.
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Also called blow-iron, blowtube. Glass Blowing. a long metal pipe used to gather and blow the molten glass in making hollowware.
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Medicine/Medical. an instrument used to observe or clean a cavity.
noun
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US word: blowgun. a long tube from which pellets, poisoned darts, etc, are shot by blowing
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Also called: blow tube. a tube for blowing air or oxygen into a flame to intensify its heat and direct it onto a small area
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a long narrow iron pipe used to gather molten glass and blow it into shape
Etymology
Origin of blowpipe
Example Sentences
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As monsoon rains hammered down on the village of Mushuk Llacta, Peregrina Cenepo, 79, showed off the blowpipe she said her late husband used for hunting.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2022
A study published today in Integrative Organismal Biology comes down on the side of the blowpipe.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 22, 2022
Molten glass slowly ballooning from the tip of a blowpipe.
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2019
“Andy Warhol used urine on copper in his ‘Oxidation’ paintings, while in 1929 Paul Klee used a blowpipe technique, similar to that used in ancient cave paintings.”
From Architectural Digest ● Jun. 11, 2015
At once Ranofer removed it to the stone block, dropped the blowpipe and seized the mallet instead.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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