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单词 to-blow
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to-blowv.

Forms: see blow v.1
Etymology: Old English tobláwan, < to- prefix2 + bláwan, blow v.1 So Old High German zaplâen, Middle High German ze-, zerblæjen.
Obsolete.
transitive.
1. To distend with wind, inflate, puff up; also figurative to puff up with an emotion.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > cause disorders of internal organs [verb (transitive)] > distend
to-blowc1000
inflate1528
blast1578
stent1801
c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints vii. 139 On ðam [hell fire] ge beoþ toblawene.
c1000 Sax. Leechd. III. 58 gif he bið toblawen se innoð.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 8080 & all himm wæ-renn fet. & þeos To bollenn & to blawenn.
a1400 Sir Beues (A.) 2696 For þe venim is on me þrowe, Her I legge al to-blowe.
c1425 Seven Sag. (P.) 1523 Hys body was al to-blaw.
2. To blow in different directions, scatter by blowing, blow away.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > of the wind
to-wowe13..
to-blowa1400
ventilatea1440
a1400 Sir Beues (A.) 6872 Þat he no were anon y-slawe, For-brent, and þat dust to-blowe.
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