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111blow snake — noun Etymology: so called from its habit of distending the surface of its head before striking : hognose snake * * * blow snake, = hognose snake. (Cf. ↑hognose) …
112Blow, John — (baptized 23 February 1649, Newark on Trent, Nottinghamshire, England – 1 October 1708, London) Composer of more than 85 anthems, he was organist at Westminster Abbey from December 1668, a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal from 16 March 1674, and… …
113Blow Bladder Street — North west from Cheapside to Newgate Street, in Aldersgate Ward and Farringdon Ward Within (O. and M. 1677 Boyle, 1799). Mentioned 1663 (End Ch. Rep. 1829, p. 124). Former name : Bladder Street (S. 315 and 345), extending to the Shambles.… …
114blow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. knock, stroke, hit; disappointment; blast, wind, breeze, gale. See impulse, surprise. v. brag; gasp, pant, puff; sound; storm, breeze, whiff, waft; slang, miss, squander. See failure, waste. II (Roget …
115blow out — vb 1a. to reject someone (especially a lover) or something. From the image of violently expelling something. 1b. to cancel, especially unexpectedly. In this sense the phrase applies typically to a pop group cancelling a tour or concert. 2. to… …
116blow back — The movement of rotor blades away from the relative wind without any control input. Also called flap back or flapback. Side view of blowback due to change in wind from the front …
117blow off — 1. Drive from shore (by the wind, as a ship). 2. Detach or scatter (by the wind, as fruit from trees). 3. Let off (as steam), suffer to escape …
118blow chunks — verb a) To vomit chunks of undigested food. The old version was okay, but the new version blows chunks. b) To suffer from explosive diarrhea …
119blow-by — noun in an , any burnt or unburnt matter escaping from the cylinder, past the (worn) rings on the piston, and into the crankcase …
120blow one's nose — verb To expel mucus or other matter from one’s nasal passages, via one’s nostril, by force of lung power …
