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BLOW, n. [This probably is a contracted word, and the primary sense must be, to strike, thrust, push, or throw, that is, to drive. I have not found it in the cognate dialects. If g or other palatal letter is lost, it corresponds in elements with the L.plaga

fligo; Eng.flog.]

1. The act of striking; more generally the stroke; a violent application of the hand, fist, or an instrument to an object.

2. The fatal stroke; a stroke that kills; hence, death.

3. An act of hostility; as, the nation which strikes the first blow. Hence, to come to blows, is to engage in combat, whether by individuals, armies, fleets or nations; and when by nations, it is war.

4. A sudden calamity; a sudden or severe evil. In like manner, plaga in Latin gives rise to the Eng. plague.

5. A single act; a sudden event; as, to gain or lose a province at a blow, or by one blow.

At a stroke is used in like manner.

6. An ovum or egg deposited by a fly, on flesh or other substance, called a fly-blow.

BLOW, v.t. pret. blew; pp.blown. [L.flo, to blow. This word probably is from the same root as bloom, blossom, blow, a flower.]

1. To make a current of air; to move as air; as, the wind blows. Often used with it; as, it blows a gale.

2. To pant; to puff; to breathe hard or quick.

Here is Mrs. Page at the door, sweating and blowing.

3. To breathe; as, to blow hot and cold.

4. To sound with being blown, as a horn or trumpet.

5. To flower; to blossom; to bloom; as plants.

How blows the citron grove.

To blow over, to pass away without effect;to cease or be dissipated; as, the storm or the clouds are blown over.

To blow up, to rise in the air; also, to be broken and scattered by the explosion of gunpowder.

BLOW, v.t. To throw or drive a current of air upon; as, to blow the fire; also, to fan.

1. To drive by a current of air; to impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore.

2. To breathe upon, for the purpose of warming; as, to blow the fingers in a cold day.

3. To sound a wind instrument; as, blow the trumpet.

4. To spread by report.

And through the court his courtesy was blown.

5. To deposit eggs, as flies.

6. To form bubbles by blowing.

7. To swell and inflate, as veal; a practice of butchers.

8. To form glass into a particular shape by the breath, as in glass manufactories.

9. To melt tin, after being first burnt to destroy the mundic.

To blow away, to dissipate; to scatter with wind.

To blow down, to prostrate by wind.

To blow off, to shave down by wind, as to blow off fruit from trees; to drive from land, as to blow off a ship.

To blow out, to extinguish by a current of air, as a candle.

To blow up,to fill with air; to swell; as, to blow up a bladder or a bubble.

10. To inflate; to puff up; as, to blow up one with flattery.

11. To kindle; as, to blow up a contention.

12. To burst, to raise into the air,or to scatter, by the explosion of gunpowder. Figuratively, to scatter or bring to naught suddenly; as, to blow up a scheme.

To blow upon, to make stale; as, to blow upon an author's works.

BLOW, n. A flower; a blossom. This word is in general use in the U. States, and legitimate. In the Tatler, it is used for blossoms in general, as we use blowth.

1. Among seamen, a gale of wind. This also is a legitimate word, in general use in the U. States.



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BLOW, n. [This probably is a contracted word, and the primary sense must be, to strike, thrust, push, or throw, that is, to drive. I have not found it in the cognate dialects. If g or other palatal letter is lost, it corresponds in elements with the L.plaga

fligo; Eng.flog.]

1. The act of striking; more generally the stroke; a violent application of the hand, fist, or an instrument to an object.

2. The fatal stroke; a stroke that kills; hence, death.

3. An act of hostility; as, the nation which strikes the first blow. Hence, to come to blows, is to engage in combat, whether by individuals, armies, fleets or nations; and when by nations, it is war.

4. A sudden calamity; a sudden or severe evil. In like manner, plaga in Latin gives rise to the Eng. plague.

5. A single act; a sudden event; as, to gain or lose a province at a blow, or by one blow.

At a stroke is used in like manner.

6. An ovum or egg deposited by a fly, on flesh or other substance, called a fly-blow.

BLOW, v.t. pret. blew; pp.blown. [L.flo, to blow. This word probably is from the same root as bloom, blossom, blow, a flower.]

1. To make a current of air; to move as air; as, the wind blows. Often used with it; as, it blows a gale.

2. To pant; to puff; to breathe hard or quick.

Here is Mrs. Page at the door, sweating and blowing.

3. To breathe; as, to blow hot and cold.

4. To sound with being blown, as a horn or trumpet.

5. To flower; to blossom; to bloom; as plants.

How blows the citron grove.

To blow over, to pass away without effect;to cease or be dissipated; as, the storm or the clouds are blown over.

To blow up, to rise in the air; also, to be broken and scattered by the explosion of gunpowder.

BLOW, v.t. To throw or drive a current of air upon; as, to blow the fire; also, to fan.

1. To drive by a current of air; to impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore.

2. To breathe upon, for the purpose of warming; as, to blow the fingers in a cold day.

3. To sound a wind instrument; as, blow the trumpet.

4. To spread by report.

And through the court his courtesy was blown.

5. To deposit eggs, as flies.

6. To form bubbles by blowing.

7. To swell and inflate, as veal; a practice of butchers.

8. To form glass into a particular shape by the breath, as in glass manufactories.

9. To melt tin, after being first burnt to destroy the mundic.

To blow away, to dissipate; to scatter with wind.

To blow down, to prostrate by wind.

To blow off, to shave down by wind, as to blow off fruit from trees; to drive from land, as to blow off a ship.

To blow out, to extinguish by a current of air, as a candle.

To blow up,to fill with air; to swell; as, to blow up a bladder or a bubble.

10. To inflate; to puff up; as, to blow up one with flattery.

11. To kindle; as, to blow up a contention.

12. To burst, to raise into the air,or to scatter, by the explosion of gunpowder. Figuratively, to scatter or bring to naught suddenly; as, to blow up a scheme.

To blow upon, to make stale; as, to blow upon an author's works.

BLOW, n. A flower; a blossom. This word is in general use in the U. States, and legitimate. In the Tatler, it is used for blossoms in general, as we use blowth.

1. Among seamen, a gale of wind. This also is a legitimate word, in general use in the U. States.

BLOW, n.

  1. A flower; a blossom. This word is in general use in the United States, and legitimate. In the Tatler, it is used for blossoms in general, as we use blowth.
  2. Among seamen, a gale of wind. This also is a legitimate word, in general use in the United States.

BLOW, n. [This probably is a contracted word, and the primary sense must be, to strike, thrust, push, or throw, that is, to drive. I have not found it in the cognate dialects. If g or other palatal letter is lost, it corresponds in elements with the L. plaga, Gr. πληγη, L. fligo, Eng. flog. But blow, a stroke, is written like the verb to blow, the Latin flo, and blow, to blossom. The letter lost is probably a dental, and the original was blod or bloth, in which case, the word has the elements of loud, laudo, clauda, lad, &c.]

  1. The act of striking; more generally the stroke; a violent application of the hand, fist, or an instrument to an object.
  2. The fatal stroke; a stroke that kills; hence, death.
  3. An act of hostility; as, the nation which strikes the first blow. Hence, to come to blows, is to engage in combat, whether by individuals, armies, fleets, or nations; and when by nations, it is war.
  4. A sudden calamity; a sudden or severe evil. In like manner, plaga in Latin gives rise to the Eng. plague.
  5. A single act; a sudden event; as, to gain or lose a province at a blow, or by one blow. At a stroke is used in like manner.
  6. An ovum or egg deposited by a fly, on flesh or other substance, called a fly-blow.

BLOW, v.i. [pret. blew; pp. blown. Sax. blawen, blowan, to blow as wind; blowan, to blossom or blow, as a flower; D. bloeyen, to blossom; G. blähen, to swell or inflate; L. flo, to blow. This word, probably is from the same root as bloom, blossom, blow, a flower; W. bloden. See Blossom.]

  1. To make a current of air; to move as air; as, the wind blows. Often used with it; as, it blows a gale.
  2. To pant; to puff; to breathe hard or quick. Here is Mrs. Page at the door, sweating and blowing. – Shak.
  3. To breathe; as, to blow hot and cold. – L'Estrange.
  4. To sound with being blown, as a horn or trumpet. – Milton.
  5. To flower; to blossom; to bloom; as plants. How blows the citron grove. – Milton. To blow over, to pass away without effect; to cease or be dissipated; as, the storm or the clouds are blown over. To blow up, to rise in the air; also, to be broken and scattered by the explosion of gunpowder.

BLOW, v.t.

  1. To throw or drive a current of air upon; as, to blow the fire; also, to fan.
  2. To drive by a current of air; to impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore.
  3. To breathe upon, for the purpose of warming; as, to blow the fingers in a cold day. – Shak.
  4. To sound a wind instrument; as, blow the trumpet.
  5. To spread by report. And through the court his courtesy was blown. – Dryden.
  6. To deposit eggs, as flies.
  7. To form bubbles by blowing.
  8. To swell and inflate, as veal; a practice of butchers.
  9. To form glass into a particular shape by the breath, as in glass manufactories.
  10. To melt tin, after being first burnt to destroy the mundic. – Encyc. To blow away, to dissipate; to scatter with wind. To blow down, to prostrate by wind. To blow off, to shake down by wind, as to blow off fruit from trees; to drive from land, as to blow off a ship. To blow out, to extinguish by a current of air, as a candle. To blow up, to till with air; to swell; as, to blow up a bladder or a bubble. #2. To inflate; to puff up; as, to blow up one with flattery. #3. To kindle; as, to blow up a contention. #4. To burst, to raise into the air, or to scatter, by the explosion of gunpowder. Figuratively, to scatter or bring to naught suddenly; as, to blow up a scheme. To blow upon, to make stale; as, to blow upon an author's works. – Addison.

Blow
  1. To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

    How blows the citron grove.
    Milton.

  2. To cause to blossom; to put forth (blossoms or flowers).

    The odorous banks, that blow
    Flowers of more mingled hue.
    Milton.

  3. A blossom; a flower; also, a state of blossoming; a mass of blossoms.

    "Such a blow of tulips." Tatler.
  4. A forcible stroke with the hand, fist, or some instrument, as a rod, a club, an ax, or a sword.

    Well struck ! there was blow for blow.
    Shak.

  5. To produce a current of air; to move, as air, esp. to move rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows.

    Hark how it rains and blows !
    Walton.

  6. To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means; as, to blow the fire.
  7. A blowing, esp., a violent blowing of the wind; a gale; as, a heavy blow came on, and the ship put back to port.
  8. A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.

    A vigorous blow might win [Hanno's camp].
    T. Arnold.

  9. To send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth or from a pair of bellows.
  10. To drive by a current air; to impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore.

    Off at sea northeast winds blow
    Sabean odors from the spicy shore.
    Milton.

  11. The act of forcing air from the mouth, or through or from some instrument; as, to give a hard blow on a whistle or horn; to give the fire a blow with the bellows.
  12. The infliction of evil; a sudden calamity; something which produces mental, physical, or financial suffering or loss (esp. when sudden); a buffet.

    A most poor man, made tame to fortune's blows.
    Shak.

    At a blow, suddenly; at one effort; by a single vigorous act. "They lose a province at a blow." Dryden. -- To come to blows, to engage in combat; to fight; - - said of individuals, armies, and nations.

    Syn. -- Stroke; knock; shock; misfortune.

  13. To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.

    Here is Mistress Page at the door, sweating and blowing.
    Shak.

  14. To cause air to pass through by the action of the mouth, or otherwise; to cause to sound, as a wind instrument; as, to blow a trumpet; to blow an organ.

    Hath she no husband
    That will take pains to blow a horn before her?
    Shak.

    Boy, blow the pipe until the bubble rise,
    Then cast it off to float upon the skies.
    Parnell.

  15. The spouting of a whale.
  16. To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet.

    There let the pealing organ blow.
    Milton.

  17. To clear of contents by forcing air through; as, to blow an egg; to blow one's nose.
  18. A single heat or operation of the Bessemer converter.

    Raymond.
  19. To spout water, etc., from the blowholes, as a whale.
  20. To burst, shatter, or destroy by an explosion; - - usually with up, down, open, or similar adverb; as, to blow up a building.
  21. An egg, or a larva, deposited by a fly on or in flesh, or the act of depositing it.

    Chapman.
  22. To be carried or moved by the wind; as, the dust blows in from the street.

    The grass blows from their graves to thy own.
    M. Arnold.

  23. To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.

    Through the court his courtesy was blown.
    Dryden.

    His language does his knowledge blow.
    Whiting.

  24. To talk loudly; to boast; to storm.

    [Colloq.]

    You blow behind my back, but dare not say anything to my face.
    Bartlett.

    To blow hot and cold (a saying derived from a fable of Æsop's), to favor a thing at one time and treat it coldly at another; or to appear both to favor and to oppose. -- To blow off, to let steam escape through a passage provided for the purpose; as, the engine or steamer is blowing off. -- To blow out. (a) To be driven out by the expansive force of a gas or vapor; as, a steam cock or valve sometimes blows out. (b) To talk violently or abusively. [Low] -- To blow over, to pass away without effect; to cease, or be dissipated; as, the storm and the clouds have blown over. -- To blow up, to be torn to pieces and thrown into the air as by an explosion of powder or gas or the expansive force of steam; to burst; to explode; as, a powder mill or steam boiler blows up. "The enemy's magazines blew up." Tatler.

  25. To form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to blow bubbles; to blow glass.
  26. To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.

    Look how imagination blows him.
    Shak.

  27. To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue; as, to blow a horse.

    Sir W. Scott.
  28. To deposit eggs or larvæ upon, or in (meat, etc.).

    To suffer
    The flesh fly blow my mouth.
    Shak.

    To blow great guns, to blow furiously and with roaring blasts; -- said of the wind at sea or along the coast. -- To blow off, to empty (a boiler) of water through the blow-off pipe, while under steam pressure; also, to eject (steam, water, sediment, etc.) from a boiler. -- To blow one's own trumpet, to vaunt one's own exploits, or sound one's own praises. -- To blow out, to extinguish by a current of air, as a candle. -- To blow up. (a) To fill with air; to swell; as, to blow up a bladder or bubble. (b) To inflate, as with pride, self-conceit, etc.; to puff up; as, to blow one up with flattery. "Blown up with high conceits engendering pride." Milton. (c) To excite; as, to blow up a contention. (d) To burst, to raise into the air, or to scatter, by an explosion; as, to blow up a fort. (e) To scold violently; as, to blow up a person for some offense. [Colloq.]

    I have blown him up well -- nobody can say I wink at what he does.
    G. Eliot.

    -- To blow upon. (a) To blast; to taint; to bring into discredit; to render stale, unsavory, or worthless. (b) To inform against. [Colloq.]

    How far the very custom of hearing anything spouted withers and blows upon a fine passage, may be seen in those speeches from [Shakespeare's] Henry V. which are current in the mouths of schoolboys.
    C. Lamb.

    A lady's maid whose character had been blown upon.
    Macaulay.

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BLOW, noun [This probably is a contracted word, and the primary sense must be, to strike, thrust, push, or throw, that is, to drive. I have not found it in the cognate dialects. If g or other palatal letter is lost, it corresponds in elements with the Latin plaga

fligo; Eng.flog.]

1. The act of striking; more generally the stroke; a violent application of the hand, fist, or an instrument to an object.

2. The fatal stroke; a stroke that kills; hence, death.

3. An act of hostility; as, the nation which strikes the first blow Hence, to come to blows, is to engage in combat, whether by individuals, armies, fleets or nations; and when by nations, it is war.

4. A sudden calamity; a sudden or severe evil. In like manner, plaga in Latin gives rise to the Eng. plague.

5. A single act; a sudden event; as, to gain or lose a province at a blow or by one blow

At a stroke is used in like manner.

6. An ovum or egg deposited by a fly, on flesh or other substance, called a fly-blow.

BLOW, verb transitive preterit tense blew; participle passive blown. [Latin flo, to blow This word probably is from the same root as bloom, blossom, blow a flower.]

1. To make a current of air; to move as air; as, the wind blows. Often used with it; as, it blows a gale.

2. To pant; to puff; to breathe hard or quick.

Here is Mrs. Page at the door, sweating and blowing.

3. To breathe; as, to blow hot and cold.

4. To sound with being blown, as a horn or trumpet.

5. To flower; to blossom; to bloom; as plants.

How blows the citron grove.

To blow over, to pass away without effect; to cease or be dissipated; as, the storm or the clouds are blown over.

To blow up, to rise in the air; also, to be broken and scattered by the explosion of gunpowder.

BLOW, verb transitive To throw or drive a current of air upon; as, to blow the fire; also, to fan.

1. To drive by a current of air; to impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore.

2. To breathe upon, for the purpose of warming; as, to blow the fingers in a cold day.

3. To sound a wind instrument; as, blow the trumpet.

4. To spread by report.

And through the court his courtesy was blown.

5. To deposit eggs, as flies.

6. To form bubbles by blowing.

7. To swell and inflate, as veal; a practice of butchers.

8. To form glass into a particular shape by the breath, as in glass manufactories.

9. To melt tin, after being first burnt to destroy the mundic.

To blow away, to dissipate; to scatter with wind.

To blow down, to prostrate by wind.

To blow off, to shave down by wind, as to blow off fruit from trees; to drive from land, as to blow off a ship.

To blow out, to extinguish by a current of air, as a candle.

To blow up, to fill with air; to swell; as, to blow up a bladder or a bubble.

10. To inflate; to puff up; as, to blow up one with flattery.

11. To kindle; as, to blow up a contention.

12. To burst, to raise into the air, or to scatter, by the explosion of gunpowder. Figuratively, to scatter or bring to naught suddenly; as, to blow up a scheme.

To blow upon, to make stale; as, to blow upon an author's works.

BLOW, noun A flower; a blossom. This word is in general use in the U. States, and legitimate. In the Tatler, it is used for blossoms in general, as we use blowth.

1. Among seamen, a gale of wind. This also is a legitimate word, in general use in the U. States.

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