blowpipe

plural blowpipes

1. chemistryA narrow tube through which a jet of air is directed onto a flame; used in the analysis of minerals etc and in jewelry manufacture.
2. A weapon through which darts may be shot by blowing; a blowgun.
3. artsA long narrow pipe, rotated in the hands, upon which glassware is blown.

   Synonyms: blowing pipe

present singular third person blowpipes · participle present blowpiping · participle past blowpiped · past blowpiped

1. transitivechemistryTo direct air through a blowpipe.
2. transitiveTo shoot with a blowpipe (a weapon).

   […] when blowpiping little birds, which will be badly wounded enough to catch anyway.

   2006, Pierre Le Roux, Bernard Sellato, Divine Messengers, page 332