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–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.

blowgun.

4.	Medicine/Medical. an instrument used to observe or clean a cavity.

[Origin: 1675–85; blow² + pipe¹

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blow·gun Audio Help (blō'gŭn') Pronunciation Key
n. A long narrow pipe through which darts or pellets may be blown. Also called blowpipe.

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blow·pipe Audio Help (blō'pīp') Pronunciation Key
n.

A metal tube in which a flow of gas is mixed with a controlled flow of air to concentrate the heat of a flame, used especially in the identification of minerals.
See blowgun.
A long, narrow iron pipe used to gather, work, and blow molten glass.

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blowpipe
noun
1.	a tube that directs air or gas into a flame to concentrate heat [syn: blowtube]
2.	a tube through which darts can be shot by blowing [syn: blowgun]

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ˈblowpipe noun

a tube from which a dart (often poisonous) is blown

Arabic:	حَمْلاج، أُنْبوبَةُ النَّفْخ
Chinese (Simplified):	吹风管
Chinese (Traditional):	吹風管
Czech:	foukačka (na vystřelování šípů)
Danish:	pusterør
Dutch:	blaaspijp
Estonian:	puhkpüss
Finnish:	puhallusputki
French:	sarbacane
German:	das Blasrohr
Greek:	φυσοκάλαμο
Hungarian:	fúvócső
Icelandic:	blásturrör, *-pípa
Indonesian:	sumpitan, pipa peniup
Italian:	cerbottana

Japanese:	吹き矢筒
Korean:	입으로 부는 화살통
Latvian:	(akmeņu, šķēpa u.tml.) izmetējs
Lithuanian:	orapūtė
Norwegian:	pusterør
Polish:	dmuchawka
Portuguese (Brazil):	zarabatana
Portuguese (Portugal):	zarabatana
Romanian:	sarbacană
Russian:	трубка для пуска отравленных стрел
Slovak:	sklárska píšťala
Slovenian:	pihalna cev
Spanish:	cerbatana
Swedish:	blåsrör
Turkish:	zehirli ok borusu, üfleme borusu

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blowpipe

Blow"gun`\, n. A tube, as of cane or reed, sometimes twelve feet long, through which an arrow or other projectile may be impelled by the force of the breath. It is a weapon much used by certain Indians of America and the West Indies; -- called also blowpipe, and blowtube. See Sumpitan.

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