Part 1177

<blockquote>One <b>blast</b> upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand men. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>blast</b> of triumph o'er thy grave. <i>Bryant.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight.</def>

<blockquote>By the <b>blast</b> of God they perish. <i>Job iv. 9.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Virtue preserved from fell destruction's <b>blast</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>The act of rending, or attempting to rend, heavy masses of rock, earth, etc., by the explosion of gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; also, the charge used for this purpose.</def> "Large <i>blasts</i> are often used."

<i> Tomlinson.</i>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>A flatulent disease of sheep.</def>

<cs><col>Blast furnace</col>, <cd>a furnace, usually a shaft furnace for smelting ores, into which air is forced by pressure.</cd> -- <col>Blast hole</col>, <cd>a hole in the bottom of a pump stock through which water enters.</cd> -- <col>Blast nozzle</col>, <cd>a fixed or variable orifice in the delivery end of a blast pipe; -- called also <altname>blast orifice</altname>.</cd> -- <col>In full blast</col>, <cd>in complete operation; in a state of great activity. See <er>Blast</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 2. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cd></cs>

<h1>Blast</h1> <Xpage=153>

<hw>Blast</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Blasted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Blasting</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To injure, as by a noxious wind; to cause to wither; to stop or check the growth of, and prevent from fruit-bearing, by some pernicious influence; to blight; to shrivel.</def>

<blockquote>Seven thin ears, and <b>blasted</b> with the east wind. <i>Gen. xii. 6.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hence, to affect with some sudden violence, plague, calamity, or blighting influence, which destroys or causes to fail; to visit with a curse; to curse; to ruin; <as>as, to <ex>blast</ex> pride, hopes, or character</as>.</def>

<blockquote>I'll cross it, though it <b>blast</b> me. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Blasted</b> with excess of light. <i>T. Gray.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To confound by a loud blast or din.</def>

<blockquote>Trumpeters, With brazen din <b>blast</b> you the city's ear. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; to shatter; <as>as, to <ex>blast</ex> rocks</as>.</def>

<h1>Blast</h1> <Xpage=153>

<hw>Blast</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To be blighted or withered; <as>as, the bud <ex>blasted</ex> in the blossom</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To blow; to blow on a trumpet.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Toke his blake trumpe faste And gan to puffen and to <b>blaste</b>. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Blasted</h1> <Xpage=153>

<hw>Blast"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Blighted; withered.</def>

<blockquote>Upon this <b>blasted</b> heath. <b>Shak</b>.

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Confounded; accursed; detestable.</def>

<blockquote>Some of her own <b>blasted</b> gypsies. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Rent open by an explosive.</def>