Blast

·noun A violent gust of wind.

II. Blast ·noun A flatulent disease of sheep.

III. Blast ·vt To confound by a loud blast or din.

IV. Blast ·vi To Blow; to blow on a trumpet.

V. Blast ·vi To be blighted or withered; as, the bud blasted in the blossom.

VI. Blast ·noun The sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the sound produces at one breath.

VII. Blast ·noun A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight.

VIII. Blast ·vt To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder, dynamite, ·etc.; to Shatter; as, to blast rocks.

IX. Blast ·noun The act of rending, or attempting to rend, heavy masses of rock, earth, ·etc., by the explosion of gunpowder, dynamite, ·etc.; also, the charge used for this purpose.

X. Blast ·noun The exhaust steam from and engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast.

XI. Blast ·noun A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a bellows, the mouth, ·etc. Hence: The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace; as, to melt so many tons of iron at a blast.

XII. Blast ·vt To injure, as by a noxious wind; to cause to wither; to stop or check the growth of, and prevent from fruit-bearing, by some pernicious influence; to Blight; to Shrivel.

XIII. Blast ·vt Hence, to affect with some sudden violence, plague, calamity, or blighting influence, which destroys or causes to fail; to visit with a curse; to Curse; to Ruin; as, to blast pride, hopes, or character.