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blowpipe
(-pīp′)
noun
- a small tube used to force air or gas into a flame to intensify and concentrate its heat
- a metal tube used in glass blowing
- blowgun
See blowpipe in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A metal tube in which a flow of gas is mixed with a controlled flow of air to concentrate the heat of a flame, used especially in the identification of minerals.
- See blowgun.
- A long, narrow iron pipe used to gather, work, and blow molten glass.
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