• (n.) A similar instrument, commonly of tin, used by boys for discharging paper wads and other light missiles. • (n.) A long wrought iron tube, on the end of which the workman gathers a quantity of `metal` (melted glass), and through which he blows to expand or shape it; -- called also blowing tube, and blowpipe. • (n.) A blowgun.Bl... Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/blowtube/
Blow'tube` noun 1. A blowgun. Tylor. 2. A similar instrument, commonly of tin, used by boys for discharging paper wads and other light missiles. 3. (Glassmaking) A long wrought iron tube, on the end of which the workman gathers a quantity of 'metal' (melted glass... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/69