Blowse, n. See Blowze.
Blowth (&?;), n. [From Blow to blossom: cf. Growth.] A blossoming; a bloom. [Obs. or Archaic] "In the blowth and bud." Sir W. Raleigh.
Blow"tube` (&?;), n. 1. A blowgun. Tylor.
2. A similar instrument, commonly of tin, used by boys for discharging paper wads and other light missiles.
3. (Glassmaking) A long wrought iron tube, on the end of which the workman gathers a quantity of "metal" (melted glass), and through which he blows to expand or shape it; -- called also blowing tube, and blowpipe.
Blow" valve` (&?;). (Mach.) See Snifting valve.
Blow"y (&?;), a. Windy; as, blowy weather; a blowy upland.
Blowze (&?;), n. [Prob. from the same root as blush.] A ruddy, fat-faced woman; a wench. [Obs.] Shak.
Blowzed (&?;), a. Having high color from exposure to the weather; ruddy-faced; blowzy; disordered.
Huge women blowzed with health and wind.
Tennyson.
Blowz"y (&?;), a. Coarse and ruddy- faced; fat and ruddy; high colored; frowzy.
Blub (&?;), v. t. & i. [Cf. Bleb, Blob.] To swell; to puff out, as with weeping. [Obs.]