[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

blast \blast\ bl.ast, n. as. bl=aest a puff of wind, a
   blowing; akin to icel. bl=astr, ohg. bl=ast, and fr. a
   verb akin to icel. bl=asa to blow, ohg. bl^asan, goth.
   bl=esan in comp.; all prob. from the same root as e.
   blow. see blow to eject air.
   1. a violent gust of wind.
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            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.
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   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.
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   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.
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   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.
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   4. the sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the
      sound produces at one breath.
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            one blast upon his bugle horn
            were worth a thousand men.            --sir w.
                                                  scott.
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            the blast of triumph o'er thy grave.  --bryant.
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   5. a sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind,
      especially on animals and plants; a blight.
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            by the blast of god they perish.      --job iv. 9.
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            virtue preserved from fell destruction's blast.
                                                  --shak.
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   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.
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   7. a flatulent disease of sheep.
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   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.
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see also:
blow blast furnace blast hole blast nozzle blast orifice in full blast 
blast 

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