blowpipe

English

Etymology

From blow +‎ pipe.

Pronunciation

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Noun

blowpipe (plural blowpipes)

1. (chemistry) A narrow tube through which a jet of air is directed onto a flame; used in the analysis of minerals etc and in jewelry manufacture.
2. A weapon through which darts may be shot by blowing; a blowgun.
3. (glassblowing) A long narrow pipe, rotated in the hands, upon which glassware is blown.

Derived terms

• blowpiper

 

Related terms

• (equipment blowing air to fire): blower
• (glassblowing): glassblower

Translations

chemistry: narrow tube to blow air onto flame

• Finnish: puhalluspilli
• German: Lötrohr n
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: blåserør n

• Tagalog: ihip
• Telugu: ఊదుగొట్టము (ūdugoṭṭamu)

weapon — see blowgun

narrow pipe to blow glassware

• Finnish: puhallusputki (fi), puhalluspilli
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: blåserør n

• Polish: dmuchawka f

Verb

blowpipe (third-person singular simple present blowpipes, present participle blowpiping, simple past and past participle blowpiped)

1. (chemistry) To direct air through a blowpipe.
2. (transitive) To shoot with a blowpipe (weapon).
   • 2006, Pierre Le Roux, Bernard Sellato, Divine Messengers, page 332:

     […] when blowpiping little birds, which will be badly wounded enough to catch anyway.