How blows the citron grove.
Milton.

The odorous banks, that blow
Flowers of more mingled hue.
Milton.

Well struck ! there was blow for blow.
Shak.

A vigorous blow might win [Hanno's camp].
T. Arnold.

A most poor man, made tame to fortune's blows.
Shak.

At a blow, suddenly; at one effort; by a single vigorous act. "They lose a province at a blow." Dryden. -- To come to blows, to engage in combat; to fight; - - said of individuals, armies, and nations.

Syn. -- Stroke; knock; shock; misfortune.

Hark how it rains and blows !
Walton.

Here is Mistress Page at the door, sweating and blowing.
Shak.

There let the pealing organ blow.
Milton.

The grass blows from their graves to thy own.
M. Arnold.

You blow behind my back, but dare not say anything to my face.
Bartlett.

To blow hot and cold (a saying derived from a fable of Æsop's), to favor a thing at one time and treat it coldly at another; or to appear both to favor and to oppose. -- To blow off, to let steam escape through a passage provided for the purpose; as, the engine or steamer is blowing off. -- To blow out. (a) To be driven out by the expansive force of a gas or vapor; as, a steam cock or valve sometimes blows out. (b) To talk violently or abusively. [Low] -- To blow over, to pass away without effect; to cease, or be dissipated; as, the storm and the clouds have blown over. -- To blow up, to be torn to pieces and thrown into the air as by an explosion of powder or gas or the expansive force of steam; to burst; to explode; as, a powder mill or steam boiler blows up. "The enemy's magazines blew up." Tatler.

Off at sea northeast winds blow
Sabean odors from the spicy shore.
Milton.

Hath she no husband
That will take pains to blow a horn before her?
Shak.

Boy, blow the pipe until the bubble rise,
Then cast it off to float upon the skies.
Parnell.

Through the court his courtesy was blown.
Dryden.

His language does his knowledge blow.
Whiting.

Look how imagination blows him.
Shak.

To suffer
The flesh fly blow my mouth.
Shak.

To blow great guns, to blow furiously and with roaring blasts; -- said of the wind at sea or along the coast. -- To blow off, to empty (a boiler) of water through the blow-off pipe, while under steam pressure; also, to eject (steam, water, sediment, etc.) from a boiler. -- To blow one's own trumpet, to vaunt one's own exploits, or sound one's own praises. -- To blow out, to extinguish by a current of air, as a candle. -- To blow up. (a) To fill with air; to swell; as, to blow up a bladder or bubble. (b) To inflate, as with pride, self-conceit, etc.; to puff up; as, to blow one up with flattery. "Blown up with high conceits engendering pride." Milton. (c) To excite; as, to blow up a contention. (d) To burst, to raise into the air, or to scatter, by an explosion; as, to blow up a fort. (e) To scold violently; as, to blow up a person for some offense. [Colloq.]

I have blown him up well -- nobody can say I wink at what he does.
G. Eliot.

-- To blow upon. (a) To blast; to taint; to bring into discredit; to render stale, unsavory, or worthless. (b) To inform against. [Colloq.]

How far the very custom of hearing anything spouted withers and blows upon a fine passage, may be seen in those speeches from [Shakespeare's] Henry V. which are current in the mouths of schoolboys.
C. Lamb.

A lady's maid whose character had been blown upon.
Macaulay.