Definition of Blows

1. Noun. (plural of blow) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of blow) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blows

1. blow [v] - See also: blow

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blows

blown the whistle
blown up
blown up(p)
blownup
blowoff
blowoffs
blowout
blowout coil
blowout coils
blowout pipette
blowout preventer
blowouts
blowpipe
blowpipes
blowpoint
blows (current term)
blows away
blows off steam
blows one's load
blows the whistle
blows up
blowsabella
blowsabellas
blowse
blowsed
blowses
blowsier
blowsiest
blowsily
blowsiness

Literary usage of Blows

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1811)
"The second degree, or division of punishment, is inflicted with the larger bamboo, and is subdivided in the following manner : The first "] f 60 blows,") f ..."

2. The Lancet (1839)
"At the seat of the blows on the shins I could find only one small, faint bluish-black discolouration on the outside of the right leg. ..."

3. A Practical treatise on the diseases of the eye by William Mackenzie, Thomas Wharton Jones (1855)
"Effusion of Blood into the Eye from blows. The internal textures of the eye ... The same treatment should be followed, as in amaurosis from blows. § 4. ..."

4. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1888)
"The experiments which are grouped together show how different may be the extent of the knee-jerks which are obtained by blows which have the same force and ..."

5. War and peace by Leo Tolstoy, Sergej Prokof'ev, Lev Tolstoj, Mira Mendelson-Prokofieva, Valerij Gerg'ev, Graham Vick, Humphrey Burton, Aleksandr Gergalov, Elena Prokina, Gegam Gregoriam, Olga Borodina, Jurij Marusin, Nikolaj Okhotnikov, Vasilij Gerelo, Irina Bogatjeva, (1904)
"The wounded could be seen at the windows of the houses, and were crowding the yards and streets. Screams, oaths, and blows ..."

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