English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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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.

Blowpipe (n.)

A blowgun; a blowtube.

Blowpoint (n.)

A child's game.

Blowse (n.)

See Blowze.

Blowth (n.)

A blossoming; a bloom.

Blowtube (n.)

A blowgun.

Blowtube (n.)

A similar instrument, commonly of tin, used by boys for discharging paper wads and other light missiles.

Blowtube (n.)

A long wrought iron tube, on the end of which the workman gathers a quantity of "metal" (melted glass), and through which he blows to expand or shape it; -- called also blowing tube, and blowpipe.

Blowy (a.)

Windy; as, blowy weather; a blowy upland.

Blowze (n.)

A ruddy, fat-faced woman; a wench.

Blowzed (a.)

Having high color from exposure to the weather; ruddy-faced; blowzy; disordered.

Blowzy (a.)

Coarse and ruddy-faced; fat and ruddy; high colored; frowzy.

Blub (v. t. & i.)

To swell; to puff out, as with weeping.

Blubber (n.)

The fat of whales and other large sea animals from which oil is obtained. It lies immediately under the skin and over the muscular flesh.

Blubber (v. t.)

To give vent to (tears) or utter (broken words or cries); -- with forth or out.

Blubber (n.)

A bubble.

Blubber (v. i.)

To weep noisily, or so as to disfigure the face; to cry in a childish manner.

Blubber (v. t.)

To swell or disfigure (the face) with weeping; to wet with tears.

Blubber (n.)

A large sea nettle or medusa.

Blubbered (imp. & p. p.)

of Blubber