blowpipe
a tube through which a stream of air or gas is forced into a flame to concentrate and increase its heating action.
Medicine/Medical. an instrument used to observe or clean a cavity.
Origin of blowpipe
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How to use blowpipe in a sentence
The arrows used are very short, having a little ball of cotton at the end to fill the tube of the blow-pipe.
Martin Rattler | R.M. BallantyneA table mounted with one blow-pipe made on this plan, and worked by a double-acting bellows, is recommended for students' use.
On Laboratory Arts | Richard ThrelfallIt will be noticed that the blow-pipe can be rotated about a vertical axis so as to throw the flame in various directions.
On Laboratory Arts | Richard ThrelfallFor large blow-pipe work with lead glass I recommend a system of four simple blow-pipes, in accordance with the sketch annexed.
On Laboratory Arts | Richard ThrelfallThe one which will first strike the student is the tendency of the glass to become reduced in the flame of the blow-pipe.
On Laboratory Arts | Richard Threlfall
British Dictionary definitions for blowpipe
/ (ˈbləʊˌpaɪp) /
a long tube from which pellets, poisoned darts, etc, are shot by blowing: US word: blowgun
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
a long narrow iron pipe used to gather molten glass and blow it into shape
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