Definitions of blowpipe [ˈbloʊˌpaɪp]

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Definition of 'blowpipe'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

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

2. blowpipe
a long metal pipe used to gather and blow molten glass in making hollowware.

Etymology: (1675–85)

Definition of 'blowpipe'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) blowtube, blow tube, blowpipe
a tube that directs air or gas into a flame to concentrate heat

2. (noun) blowgun, blowpipe, blowtube, blow tube
a tube through which darts can be shot by blowing

Definition of 'blowpipe'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) blowpipe
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

2. (noun) blowpipe
a blowgun; a blowtube

Definitions of 'blowpipe'

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1. blowpipe
a contrivance by which a current of air is driven through a flame, and the flame directed upon some fusible substance to fuse or vitrify it.

Translation of 'blowpipe'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a tube from which a dart (often poisonous) is blown.
Afrikaans: sweispyp, blaaspyp	Arabic: حَمْلاج، أُنْبوبَةُ النَّ	Bulgarian: духателна тръба
Brazilian: zarabatana	Czech: foukačka (na vystřelování	German: das Blasrohr
Danish: pusterør	Greek: φυσοκάλαμο	Spanish: cerbatana
Estonian: puhkpüss	Farsi: لوله ای که توسط آن پیکان	Finnish: puhalluspilli
French: sarbacane	Hebrew: שׁפוֹפֶרֶת הַלחָמָה	Hindi: धौंकनी
Croatian: puhaljka	Hungarian: fúvócső	Indonesian: sumpitan, pipa peniup
Icelandic: blásturrör/-pípa	Italian: cerbottana	Japanese: 吹き矢筒
Korean: 취관(吹管)	Lithuanian: orapūtė	Latvian: (akmeņu, šķēpa u.tml.) iz
Malay: sumpitan	Dutch: blaaspijp	Norwegian: pusterør
Polish: dmuchawka	Persian: لوله ای که توسط آن پیکان	Pashto: هغه لوله چی د هغه پواسطه
Portuguese: zarabatana	Romanian: sarbacană	Russian: трубка для пуска отравлен
Slovak: sklárska píšťala	Slovenian: pihalna cev	Serbian: duvaljka
Swedish: blåsrör	Thai: ท่อเป่าลูกดอก	Turkish: zehirli ok borusu,üfleme
Taiwanese: (毒)箭吹管	Ukrainian: паяльна трубка	Urdu: گیس گذارنے والی نالی
Vietnamese: ống thổi phi tiêu	Chinese: 吹管
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