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

In the more tropical forest regions the blowpipe constituted one of the most formidable weapons.

South America |W. H. Koebel
It is then strongly ignited in the muffle (or over the blowpipe) with the addition of a small lump of ammonic carbonate.

A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. |Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
The oxides of manganese cannot be reduced upon charcoal with carbonate of soda before the blowpipe.

A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe |Anonymous
It is important to bear in mind that the cheeks, not the lungs, form the reservoir for air used in maintaining the blowpipe flame.

A Handbook of Laboratory Glass-Blowing |Bernard D. Bolas

Mix one part of the substance with about four parts of the hydrate of baryta, and expose it to the blowpipe flame.

A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe |Anonymous

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