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8 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Blast \Blast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blasted}; p. pr & vb n. {Blasting}.] 1. 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. Seven thin ears, and blasted with the east wind. --Gen. xii. 6. 2. 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 to blast pride, hopes, or character. I'll cross it though it blast me --Shak. Blasted with excess of light. --T. Gray. 3. To confound by a loud blast or din. Trumpeters, With brazen din blast you the city's ear. --Shak. 4. To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; to shatter; as to blast rocks. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: -blast \-blast\ [Gr. ? sprout, shoot.] A suffix or terminal formative, used principally in biological terms, and signifying growth, formation; as bioblast, epiblast, mesoblast, etc From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Blast \Blast\ (bl[.a]st), n. [AS. bl[=ae]st a puff of wind, a blowing; akin to Icel. bl[=a]str, OHG. bl[=a]st, and fr a verb akin to Icel. bl[=a]sa to blow, OHG. bl[^a]san, Goth. bl[=e]san (in comp.); all prob. from the same root as E. blow. See {Blow} to eject air.] 1. A violent gust of wind. And see where surly Winter passes off Far to the north, and calls his ruffian blasts; His blasts obey, and quit the howling hill. --Thomson. 2. A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a bellows, the mouth, etc Hence: The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace; as to melt so many tons of iron at a blast. Note: The terms hot blast and cold blast are employed to designate whether the current is heated or not heated before entering the furnace. A blast furnace is said to be in blast while it is in operation, and out of blast when not in use 3. The exhaust steam from and engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also any draught produced by the blast. 4. The sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the sound produces at one breath. One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand men. --Sir W. Scott. The blast of triumph o'er thy grave. --Bryant. 5. A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight. By the blast of God they perish. --Job iv 9. Virtue preserved from fell destruction's blast. --Shak. 6. 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. ``Large blasts are often used.'' --Tomlinson. 7. A flatulent disease of sheep. {Blast furnace}, a furnace, usually a shaft furnace for smelting ores, into which air is forced by pressure. {Blast hole}, a hole in the bottom of a pump stock through which water enters. {Blast nozzle}, a fixed or variable orifice in the delivery end of a blast pipe; -- called also {blast orifice}. {In full blast}, in complete operation; in a state of great activity. See {Blast}, n., 2. [Colloq.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Blast \Blast\, v. i. 1. To be blighted or withered; as the bud blasted in the blossom. 2. To blow; to blow on a trumpet. [Obs.] Toke his blake trumpe faste And gan to puffen and to blaste. --Chaucer. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: blast n 1: a long and hard-hit fly ball 2: a sudden very loud noise [syn: {bang}, {blowup}, {clap}, {eruption}, {loud noise}] 3: a strong current of air; "the tree was bent almost double by the gust" [syn: {gust}, {blow}] 4: an explosion (as of dynamite) 5: intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at Jesse Helms" [syn: {fire}, {attack}, {flak}] v 1: make a strident sound; "She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone" [syn: {blare}] 2: hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer" [syn: {smash}, {nail}, {boom}] 3: use explosives on "The enemy has been shelling us all day" [syn: {strafe}, {shell}] From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: blast 1. v.,n. Synonym for {BLT}, used esp. for large data sends over a network or comm line Opposite of {snarf}. Usage: uncommon. The variant `blat' has been reported. 2. vt [HP/Apollo] Synonymous with {nuke} (sense 3). Sometimes the message `Unable to kill all processes. Blast them (y/n)?' would appear in the command window upon logout From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: blast 1. {BLT}, used especially for large data sends over a network or comm line Opposite of {snarf}. Usage: uncommon. The variant blat" has been reported. 2. [HP/Apollo] Synonymous with {nuke}. Sometimes the message "Unable to kill all processes. Blast them (y/n)?" would appear in the command window upon logout From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: BLAST BLocked ASynchronous Transmission
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