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Definition of Blasty
1. a. Affected by blasts; gusty.
Definition of Blasty
1. Adjective. (obsolete) Affected by blasts; gusty. ¹
2. Adjective. (obsolete) Causing blast or injury. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Blasty
1. gusty [adj BLASTIER, BLASTIEST] - See also: gusty
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blasty
Literary usage of Blasty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Letters of the Wordsworth Family from 1787 to 1855 by William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth (1907)
"and the next morning with " It is a haily morning — it hails so hard 1"* And this
blasty and haily and snowy weather continued till last Friday, ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"Gusty, S. " In the morning, the weather was blasty and sleety, waxing more and
more tempestuous." The Provost p. 177. ..."
3. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"1. airy, breezy, blowy; spec. blasty, gusty, blustery, blusterous, draft«, fretful,
fitful, squally, stormy. wind, ». t. twist, turn, wry (archaic); ..."
4. Tracts and Other Papers Relating Principally to the Origin, Settlement, and by Peter Force (1838)
"... and other fruits grow here in half the time as in your cold and blasty Region,
and do all Hops and Roots, ..."
5. Letters of the Wordsworth Family from 1787 to 1855 by William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth (1907)
"and the next morning with " It is a haily morning — it hails so hard 1"* And this
blasty and haily and snowy weather continued till last Friday, ..."
6. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"Gusty, S. " In the morning, the weather was blasty and sleety, waxing more and
more tempestuous." The Provost p. 177. ..."
7. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"1. airy, breezy, blowy; spec. blasty, gusty, blustery, blusterous, draft«, fretful,
fitful, squally, stormy. wind, ». t. twist, turn, wry (archaic); ..."
8. Tracts and Other Papers Relating Principally to the Origin, Settlement, and by Peter Force (1838)
"... and other fruits grow here in half the time as in your cold and blasty Region,
and do all Hops and Roots, ..."
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