Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Blowgun"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Blowgun \Blow"gun`\, n.
A tube, as of cane or reed, sometimes twelve feet long,
through which an arrow or other projectile may be impelled by
the force of the breath. It is a weapon much used by certain
Indians of America and the West Indies; -- called also
{blowpipe}, and {blowtube}. See {Sumpitan}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
blowgun
n : a tube through which darts can be shot by blowing [syn: {blowpipe},
{blowtube}, {blow tube}]
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