blowtube ['blәutju:b]
n.
吹火筒, 吹管
blowtube[ noun ]- a tube that directs air or gas into a flame to concentrate heat
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- a tube through which darts can be shot by blowing
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Blowtube \Blow"tube`\, n.
1. A blowgun. --Tylor.
2. A similar instrument, commonly of tin, used by boys for
discharging paper wads and other light missiles.
3. (Glassmaking) 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}.
Blowgun \Blow"gun`\, n.
A tube, as of cane or reed, sometimes twelve feet long,
through which an arrow (sometimes poisoned) or other
projectile may be impelled by the force of the breath. It is
a weapon much used by certain Indians of America and the West
Indies; -- called also {blowpipe}, and {blowtube}. See
{Sumpitan}.