blowpipe
b loh pahyp
- n a tube that directs air or gas into a flame to concentrate heat
- n a tube through which darts can be shot by blowing
- For years, both gems have been manufactured (without the stars) by passing finely powdered A12O2 through the flame of an oxyhydrogen blowpipe.
- As a gesture against political bullies back home, Marie Louise once carried a bamboo blowpipe to puff pepper into the eyes of German police; pity had made her, too, willing to .
- They were safe from poisoned blowpipe darts.