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A side or incidental blow an accidental blow...
Blow off
A blowing off steam water etc...
blowing
processing that involves blowing a gas...
Monsoon
A wind blowing part of the year from one direction alternating with a wind from the opposite direction a term applied particularly to periodical winds of the Indian Ocean which blow from the southwest from the latter part of May to the middle of September and from the northeast from about the middle of October to the middle of December...
Dursley
Dursley, blows without wounding or bloodshed; dry blows, Blount...
Amputation of right hand
Amputation of right hand, an ancient punishment for a blow given in a Superior Court; or for assaulting a judge sitting in the Court. it was also inflicted by the Star Chamber for duelling or striking a blow within the precincts of a royal palace...
Cornage
Cornage [fr. Cornu, Lat., a horn], a kind of tenure in grand serjeanty, the service of which was to blow a horn when any invasion of the Scots was perceived; and by this tenure many persons held their lands northward about the place commonly called Picts' Wall. This old service of horn-blowing was afterwards paid in money, and the sheriffs accounted for it under the title of Cornagium, Camd Brit. 609....
Knock down
To strike down to fell to prostrate by a blow or by blows as to knock down an assailant...
downwind
on the side or in the direction away from the direction from which the wind is blowing in the direction toward which the wind is blowing as good hunters stay downwind of their prey Opposite of upwind and windward...
Contrecoup
A concussion or shock produced by a blow or other injury in a part or region opposite to that at which the blow is received often causing rupture or disorganisation of the parts affected...
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