blowpipenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbləʊ.paɪp/us/ˈbloʊ.paɪp/US also blowgun a weapon in the shape of a tube with which arrows are shot by blowing through it
a tool allowing air to be directed onto something by blowing
a long tube for blowing glass (= shaping it by blowing while it is very hot and almost liquid)
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Hand weapons
- battleaxe
- bayonet
- blackjack
- blowgun
- bludgeon
- boomerang
- brass knuckles
- catapult
- flick knife
- harpoon
- hilt
- jackknife
- kirpan
- rapier
- scabbard
- scimitar
- shanghai
- sheath
- sheath knife
- shield
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Examples from literature
- One interesting trait of this particular group is the use of blowpipes for killing small birds.
- The blowpipe and the poison arrow are most dangerous.
- They wounded and killed as they listed, by shooting these through a blowpipe, which they concealed between the fingers of their hands with great dissimulation, blowing the arrows so that they touched the flesh of their opponent.