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Noun
/ˈblōˌpīp/,
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blowpipes, plural;
  1. A long tube by means of which molten glass is blown into the required shape

  2. A tube used to intensify the heat of a flame by blowing air or other gas through it at high pressure


  1. blowtube: a tube that directs air or gas into a flame to concentrate heat
  2. blowgun: a tube through which darts can be shot by blowing
  3. The term blowpipe refers to one of several tools used to direct streams of gases into any of several working media.
  4. Triggerhappy is a fictional character from the various Transformers universes.
  5. A steel pipe with a air passage way throughout it’s entire length.  One end has the mouthpiece and the other has the larger built up area for the molten glass to gather and blow the bubble on.
  6. A device for mixing and burning gases to produce a flame for welding, brazing, bronze welding, cutting, heating and similar operations.
  7. Another term applied to the oxyacetylene torch.
  8. An iron or steel tube, usually about five feet long, for blowing glass. Blowpipes have a mouthpiece at one end and are usually fitted at the other end with a metal ring that helps to retain a gather.
  9. A small pipe or tube through which the breath is blown in removing loose sand from small mold cavities.
  10. stainless steel hollow tubes used to gather and manipulate molten glass.
  11. An iron or steel pipe for blowing glass.
  12. a long pipe used to direct a compressed air stream that cleans a rock face or removes possible entrapped shotcrete rebound while placing shotcrete. History
  13. Used to get air from the piper's mouth to the bag. One end of the blowpipe is fitted with a replaceable mouthpiece and the other is commonly fitted with a flapper valve.
  14. A torch used for oxy-cutting steel