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• Blow

  ·noun The spouting of a whale. II. Blow ·vt To inflate, as with pride; to puff up. III. Blow ·vi T...

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• blow

  He has bit the blow, i.e. he has stolen the goods. Cant. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• blow

  I. n. stroke of the shears in sheep-shearing. 1890. `The Argus,' September 20, p. 13, col. 7: «T...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• blow

  I. Applied to the breathing of whales and other cetaceans. The expired air from the lungs being hi...

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• Blow valve

  ·- ·see Snifting valve. ...

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• Blow-off

  ·adj as, a blow-off cock or pipe. II. Blow-off ·noun A blowing off steam, water, ·etc.;. III. Blow...

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• Blow-out

  ·noun The cleaning of the flues of a boiler from scale, ·etc., by a blast of steam. ...

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• By-blow

  ·noun An illegitimate child; a bastard. II. By-blow ·noun A side or incidental blow; an accidental ...

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• blow-up

  A discovery, or the confusion occasioned by one. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• bye blow

  A bastard. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• to blow over

  Said properly of a storm; and hence generally, to pass away without effect. This metaphor is very co...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• to blow up

  To scold, to abuse, either in speaking or writing. A vulgar expression borrowed from sailor's langua...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• blow-up

  A quarrel; a dispute. A common expression, used in familiar conversation. There was a regular blow-...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• blow out

  A feast; also called a tuck out. Both expressions are English as well as American. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• blow-milk

  skimmed milk, perhaps blue milk ; milk when closely skimmed being of a blueish colour. N. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• blow-holes

  The nostrils of the cetaceans, situated on the highest part of the head. In the whalebone whales the...

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• blow home

  The wind does not cease or moderate till it comes past that place, blowing continuously over the lan...

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• blow-out

  Extravagant feasting regardless of consequences. ...

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• blow-pipe

  An engine of offence used by the Araucanians and Borneans, and with the latter termed sumpitan: the ...

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• blow-valve

  A valve by which the first vacuum necessary for starting a steam-engine is produced. ...

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• Blow Bladder Street

  North-west from Cheapside to Newgate Street, in Aldersgate Ward and Farringdon Ward Within (O. and M...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• to blow the grounsils

  To lie with a woman on the floor. Cant. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• to blow the gab

  To confess, or impeach a confederate. Cant. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• blow off, to

  To clear up in the clouds. ...

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• blow-off-pipe

  , in a steamer, is a pipe at the foot of each boiler, communicating with the sea, and furnished with...

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• blow the gaff

  To reveal a secret; to expose or inform against a person. ...

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• blow-through valve

  A valve admitting steam into the condenser, in order to clear it of air and water before starting th...

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• blow up, to

  To abuse angrily. ...

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• automatic blow-off apparatus

  See blow-off-pipe. ...

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• blow over, (it will)

  Said of a gale which is expected to pass away quickly. ...

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