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An upward thrust or blow. Shak.

A dark-colored swelling caused by a blow. [Slang]

, muslin of wool.] Muslin delaine. See under Muslin. -- Mousseline glass, a kind of thin blown glassware, such as wineglasses, etc.

A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet.

other; in an opposite manner or direction; adversely. Winds from all quarters oppositely blow. May.

sed in the plural, each pipe being considired an organ. The deep, majestic, solemn organs blow. Pope.

Of or pertaining to a mixture of oxygen and hydrogen; as, oxyhydrogen gas. Oxyhydrogen blowpipe. (Chem.) See Blowpipe. -- Oxyhydrogen microscope, a form of microscope arranged so as to use the light produced by burning lime or limestone under a current of oxyhydrogen gas.

To ward off; to stop, or to turn aside; as, to parry a thrust, a blow, or anything that means or threatens harm. Locke. Vice parries wide The undreaded volley with a sword of straw. Cowper.

Something of special or private concern or interest. Let the general trumpet blow his blast, Particularities and petty sounds To cease! Shak .

A crushing blow. [Obs.]

A ridge or projecting edge on a shoulder piece to turn the blow of a lance or other weapon from the joint of the armor.

A light, quik blow or stroke with the fingers or hand; a tap.

sel under sail. -- To pay on. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] To beat with vigor; to redouble blows. [Colloq.] -- To pay round Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Naut.) To turn the ship's head.

To utter or give out loud sounds. There let the pealing organ blow. Milton.

[The hen] went pecking by his side. Dryden. To peck at, to attack with petty and repeated blows; to carp at; to nag; to tease.

To draw, bend, or straighten, as metal, by blows with the peen of a hammer or sledge.

o have sprung from the body of Medusa when she was slain. He is noted for causing, with a blow of his hoof, Hippocrene, the inspiring fountain of the Muses, to spring from Mount Helicon. On this account he is, in modern times, associated with the Muses, and with ideas of poetic inspiration. Each spurs his jaded Pegasus…

Glass threads or fibers formed by the wind from bits blown from frothy lava or from the tips of lava jets or from bits of liquid lava thrown into the air. It often collects in thick masses resembling tow.

A blow or stroke from something thrown.

Figuratively: To shower shot or other missiles, or blows, upon; to pelt; to fill with shot, or cover with bruises or wounds. "I have peppered two of them." "I am peppered, I warrant, for this world." Shak.