[bloh-tawrch] 
| 1. | a small portable apparatus that gives an extremely hot gasoline flame intensified by a blast, used esp. in metalworking. |
| 2. | to weld, burn, or ignite with or as with a blowtorch. |
| blow·torch (blō'tôrch') n. A portable burner for mixing gas and oxygen to produce a very hot flame, used for soldering, welding, and glass blowing. |
blowtorch
a small tubular instrument for directing a jet of air or other gas into a flame in order to concentrate and increase the flame's heat. A blowpipe is usually operated directly by mouth, but a small bellows may also be used.
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