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blowpipe

[bloh-pahyp]

blow·pipe

[bloh-pahyp]
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.
4.
Medicine/Medical. an instrument used to observe or clean a cavity.

Origin:
1675–85; blow2 + pipe1
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Blowpipe is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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blowpipe (ˈbləʊˌpaɪp)
 
n
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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