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r), a piece of easily fusible alloy, placed in one of the sheets and intended to melt and blow off the steam in case of low water.

t evolved by friction. -- Percussion fuze, a fuze in which the ignition is produced by a blow on some fulminating compound. -- Time fuze, a fuze adapted, either by its length or by the character of its composition, to burn a certain time before producing an explosion.

he bag. -- To give and take. (a) To average gains and losses. (b) To exchange freely, as blows, sarcasms, etc. -- To give time (Law), to accord extension or forbearance to a debtor. Abbott. -- To give the time of day, to salute one with the compliment appropriate to the hour, as "good morning." "good evening", etc.…

essed of electric power. One fearful shock, fearful but momentary, like from the electric blow of the gymnotus. De Quincey.

To beat with a hammer; to beat with heavy blows; as, to hammer iron.

A blow with the hand.

ently; with force; tempestuously; vehemently; vigorously; energetically; as, to press, to blow, to rain hard; hence, rapidly; as, to run hard.

hot wind, prevailing on the Atlantic coast of Africa, in December, January, and February, blowing from the interior or Sahara. It is usually accompanied by a haze which obscures the sun.

resembled the oboe, was produced by the vibration of thin metallic plates, acted upon by blowing through a tube.

ul the wind (Naut.), to turn the head of the ship nearer to the point from which the wind blows.

To reach with a stroke or blow; to strike or touch, usually with force; especially, to reach or touch (an object aimed at). I think you have hit the mark. Shak.

American snake of the genus Heterodon, esp. H. platyrhynos; -- called also puffing adder, blowing adder, and sand viper.

to restrain. We can not hold mortality's strong hand. Shak. Death! what do'st O,hold thy blow. Grashaw. He hat not sufficient judgment and self-command to hold his tongue. Macaulay.

Low, flat land. Wordsworth. The soft wind blowing over meadowy holms. Tennyson. Holm thrush (Zoöl.), the missel thrush.

One who winds or blows the horn. [Obs.] Sherwood.

could have captured a piece but has not done so; -- so called because it was the habit to blow upon the piece.

Pertaining to, or caused by, a blow; sudden; abrupt. [R.] H. Bushnell.

A stroke or blow, as in a sunstroke, the sting of an insect, pulsation of an artery, etc.

ing a very small interval of time; the effect of such action; as, the impulse of a sudden blow upon a hard elastic body.

he incited Prusias to join in war, set before him the greatness of the Romans. Bacon. No blown ambition doth our arms incite. Shak.