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blow⋅torch

[bloh-tawrch]
–noun
1. a small portable apparatus that gives an extremely hot gasoline flame intensified by a blast, used esp. in metalworking.
–verb (used with object)
2. to weld, burn, or ignite with or as with a blowtorch.

Origin:
1905–10; blow 2 + torch
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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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