blowtube

• ⇰ A blowgun.
• ⇰ A similar instrument, commonly of tin, used by boys for discharging paper wads and other light missiles.
• ⇰ 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>.