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, 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

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Example Sentences

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blowpipe

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

For the sake of his triple-decker life, Sherry went everywhere the globe-trotting novelist had been, exposing himself to every blowpipe and mosquito-loud interior.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 24, 2016

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

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