2. Verb. (third-person singular of blow) ¹
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Definition of Blows
1. blow [v] - See also: blow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blows
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 ..."