blowpipe

[ bloh-pahyp ]

/ ˈbloʊˌpaɪp /

a tube through which a stream of air or gas is forced into a flame to concentrate and increase its heating action.

Also called blow-iron, blowtube. Glass Blowing. a long metal pipe used to gather and blow the molten glass in making hollowware.

blowgun.

Medicine/Medical. an instrument used to observe or clean a cavity.

Origin of blowpipe

First recorded in 1675–85; blow² + pipe¹

blowlamp, blown, blown-up, blowoff, blowout, blowpipe, blowsy, blowtorch, blowtube, blowup, blowy

Or, better still, air may be admitted to the blow-pipe from a large gas-bag placed in some convenient position.

The Methods of Glass Blowing and of Working Silica in the Oxy-Gas Flame |W. A. Shenstone
It effervesces briskly with borax at the blow-pipe, in consequence of the disengagement of oxygen gas.

A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines |Andrew Ure
Duppo had slung his blow-pipe at his back, and held his bow with an arrow to shoot.

On the Banks of the Amazon |W.H.G. Kingston
This gas passes through a tube to the blow-pipe of the welder, or to any other use for which it is destined.

Women and War Work |Helen Fraser

He has been in mining a good deal; and he can make his own assays with the blow-pipe.

Nelly's Silver Mine |Helen Hunt Jackson

blowpipe

/ (ˈbləʊˌpaɪp) /

a long tube from which pellets, poisoned darts, etc, are shot by blowing US word: blowgun

Also called: blow tube a tube for blowing air or oxygen into a flame to intensify its heat and direct it onto a small area

a long narrow iron pipe used to gather molten glass and blow it into shape