3. (Glassmaking)
Defn: A long wrought iron tube, on the end of which the workman gathers a quantity of "metal" (melted glass), and through which he blows to expand or shape it; — called also blowing tube, and blowpipe.
BLOW VALVE
Blow" valve` (. (Mach.)
Defn: See Snifting valve.
BLOWY
Blow"y, a.
Defn: Windy; as, blowy weather; a blowy upland.
BLOWZE
Blowze, n. Etym: [Prob. from the same root as blush.]
Defn: A ruddy, fat-faced woman; a wench. [Obs.] Shak.
BLOWZED
Blowzed, a.
Defn: Having high color from exposure to the weather; ruddy-faced;
blowzy; disordered.
Huge women blowzed with health and wind. Tennyson.