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Meanings of blowpipe in English
Portuguese
zarabatana Catalan
sarbatana 
Synonyms
Examples for "blowgun"
Examples for "blowgun"
1
By now, the second assassin was attacking, this one with a blowgun.
2
For shooting sitting there is nothing better than a blowgun in skillful hands.
3
His blowgun was in his hand, half raised to his mouth.
4
Ulv was still angry, but he lowered the blowgun a little.
5
Brion clutched wildly at Ulv's arm, dragging the blowgun from the Disan's mouth.
1
The blow tube liberates a disproportionate volume of dust.
2
My mobile rang at the precise moment he aimed his little blow tube at my neck.
3
Before putting your new head to the rock, clean out loose debris (a blow tube works well).
4
Use your blow tube to clean the hole periodically; then you can also rest your arm and check your progress.
5
My hammers and wrenches-evenmy blow tube-sporteda spiffy little piece of red p-cord so I could clip them to my harness.
Usage of blowpipe in English
1
It is combined with oxygen in the oxy-hydrogen blowpipe to produce heat.
2
The alkalies cannot be reduced to the metallic state before the blowpipe.
3
Almost as he said it, the steel beneath the blowpipe became incandescent.
4
A flux of borax and a blowpipe secure it to its place.
5
Barney's blowpipe had this very day shown them silver in castle-building quantities.
6
The different oxides of lead produce with the blowpipe reagents the same reactions.
7
Bunsen has calculated that the temperature of the oxyhydrogen blowpipe is 8061° Centigrade.
8
Before the blowpipe the mineral readily fuses with intumescence to a colourless glass.
9
They cannot be reduced to the metallic state before the blowpipe.
10
Telluric acid produces the same reactions with the blowpipe reagents as tellurous acid.
11
He was well-satisfied with his performance, and pronounced his blowpipe a certain killer.
12
The following minerals fuse on the edges alone, when heated in the blowpipe flame:
13
The temperatures attainable with various fuels in the compound blowpipe are said to be:
14
Appropriate supports for the different blowpipe experiments are charcoal, platinum instruments, and glass tubes.
15
He might have used thermit or an oxyacetylene blowpipe for all I would care.
16
Some of the peoples are expert in the use of the blowpipe and poisoned dart.
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