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To burst, shatter, or destroy by an explosion; -- usually with up, down, open, or similar adverb; as, to blow up a building.

The downy seed head of a dandelion, which children delight to blow away. B. Jonson.

Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.

Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.

the status of the god himself. . . . It differs from the banyan (Ficus Indica) by sending down no roots from its branches. Tennent.

To have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up and down; to play loosely against anything. "Bobbing and courtesying." Thackeray.

used in the making of pillow lace. Each thread is wound on a separate bobbin which hangs down holding the thread at a slight tension.

A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; -- usually in the pl.

t inform; but if you boil them in water, the new seeds will sprout sooner. Bacon. To boil down, to reduce in bulk by boiling; as, to boil down sap or sirup.

aces twelve great bombards, wherewith they threw huge stones into the air, which, falling down into the city, might break down the houses. Knolles.

A roofing over the cage of a mine, to protect its occupants from objects falling down the shaft.

iolence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind. She comes booming down before it. Totten.

Complete overthrow; disorder; a turning upside down.

To cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,; Whose heavy hand hath bowed you to the grave. Shak.

or cricket ball. Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel, And bowl the round nave down the hill of heaven. Shak.

efiance; bravado. [Obs.] Demetrius, thou dost overween in all; And so in this, to bear me down with braves. Shak.

To diminish the force of; to lessen the shock of, as a fall or blow. I'll rather leap down first, and break your fall. Dryden.

A breach; ruin; downfall; peril. [Obs.] Chaucer.

windward, any by laying the sails aback, expose her to danger of upsetting. -- To bring down. (a) To cause to come down. (b) To humble or abase; as, to bring down high looks. -- To bring down the house, to cause tremendous applause. [Colloq.] -- To bring forth. (a) To produce, as young fruit. (b) To bring to light;…

A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders. Knight.