blowpipe

American  

[bloh-pahyp] / ˈbloʊˌpaɪp /

noun

1. a tube through which a stream of air or gas is forced into a flame to concentrate and increase its heating action.

2. Also called blow-iron,.  Also called blowtube.  Glass Blowing. a long metal pipe used to gather and blow the molten glass in making hollowware.

3. blowgun.

4. Medicine/Medical. an instrument used to observe or clean a cavity.

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blowpipe British  

/ ˈbləʊˌpaɪp /

noun

1. US word: blowgun.  a long tube from which pellets, poisoned darts, etc, are shot by blowing

2. 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

3. a long narrow iron pipe used to gather molten glass and blow it into shape

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Etymology

Origin of blowpipe

First recorded in 1675–85; blow ² + pipe ¹

Example Sentences

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

On a low stool before one of them sat Rekh the goldsmith, using a pointed blowpipe to direct the heat onto a golden ornament he held carefully in copper tongs.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw