-blast () A suffix or terminal formative, used principally in biological terms, and signifying growth, formation |
Blast (n.) A violent gust of wind. |
Blast (n.) A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a bellows, the mouth, etc. Hence: The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace |
Blast (n.) The exhaust steam from and engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire |
Blast (n.) The sound made by blowing a wind instrument |
Blast (n.) A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants |
Blast (n.) The act of rending, or attempting to rend, heavy masses of rock, earth, etc., by the explosion of gunpowder, dynamite, etc. |
Blast (n.) A flatulent disease of sheep. |
Blast (v. t.) To injure, as by a noxious wind |
Blast (v. t.) Hence, to affect with some sudden violence, plague, calamity, or blighting influence, which destroys or causes to fail |
Blast (v. t.) To confound by a loud blast or din. |
Blast (v. t.) To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder, dynamite, etc. |
Blast (v. i.) To be blighted or withered |
Blast (v. i.) To blow |
Blast pipe () The exhaust pipe of a steam engine, or any pipe delivering steam or air, when so constructed as to cause a blast. |
Electro-metallurgy (n.) The act or art precipitating a metal electro-chemical action, by which a coating is deposited, on a prepared surface, as in electroplating and electrotyping |
Hot blast () See under Blast. |
Inlet (n.) A passage by which an inclosed place may be entered |
Inlet (n.) A bay or recess,as in the shore of a sea, lake, or large river |
Inlet (n.) That which is let in or inland |
Metallurgy (n.) The art of working metals, comprehending the whole process of separating them from other matters in the ore, smelting, refining, and parting them |
Whirl-blast (n.) A whirling blast or wind. |