UPBLOW

Etymology

Verb

upblow (third-person singular simple present upblows, present participle upblowing, simple past upblew, past participle upblown)

(transitive, archaic) To inflate.

(transitive, archaic) To explode, blow up.

(ambitransitive, archaic) To blow in an upward direction.

Anagrams

• Publow, blow up, blow-up, blowup

Source: Wiktionary


Up*blow", v. t.

Definition: To inflate. [Obs.] Spenser.

Up*blow", v. i.

Definition: To blow up; as, the wind upblows from the sea. [Obs.] Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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