单词 | blowpipe |
释义 | blowpipen. 1. a. A tube through which a current of air (or other gas) is blown into a flame to increase the heat, for the purpose of fusing metals, etc.; especially employed in chemical experiments, analysis, etc. (Hence, often attributive, as in blowpipe analysis, blowpipe character, blowpipe flame.) ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > air > moving air > [noun] > device for producing blast of air > pipe pluff1525 blowpipe1685 windpipe1688 phukni1959 1685 R. Boyle Ess. Effects of Motion iv. 36 A small crooked pipe of metal or glass, such as Tradesmen..call a Blow-pipe. 1769 S. Douglas in Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 185 The flame of a candle was directed to it by means of a blow-pipe. 1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. ii. vi. 172 These great masses are made up of watch-glassfuls, and blowpipe-beads. 1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) Introd. 20 Physical and Blowpipe characters. 1879 H. Watts Dict. Chem. I. 616 A blowpipe flame of great power. b. Glass-blowing. A tube by means of which the molten glass is blown into the required shape. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > glass-making equipment > [noun] > shaping equipment ferret1662 punty1662 puntilion1665 pucellas1701 casting-table1728 marble1745 pinching tongs1765 borsella1823 punt1823 marver1832 pontil1832 punto1839 working tube1841 bullion-bar1852 blowing-iron1855 bullion-rod1862 blowpipec1865 pointel1865 gadget1868 casting-slaba1877 casting-plate1881 glass-cutter1881 sand core1894 polissoir1897 pontil rod1934 blowing-machine1940 blowing-pipe- blowing-tube- c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 396/2 Much art is required in using the blow-pipe. c. (See quot.) ΚΠ 1894 E. L. Wilson Cycl. Photogr. Blow-pipe, used for the magic-lantern or for illuminating purposes by the use of the oxy-hydrogen light. 2. A long tube through which American Indians and other races propel arrows or darts by force of the breath. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > device for discharging missiles through tube > [noun] > blow-pipe trunk1553 sumpitan1634 sarbacane1765 blowpipe1825 sumpit1831 blow-gun1864 blow-tube1871 Indian reed1877 1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. i. i. 89 They will..send the poisoned dart from the blow-pipe true to its destination. 1840 F. Marryat Olla Podrida III. 224 Like an arrow from the blow-pipe of a South American Indian. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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