Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BLOW, v.i. [pret. blew; pp. blown. Sax. blawen, blowan, to blow as wind; blowan, to blossom or blow, as a flower; D. bloeyen, to blossom; G. blähen, to swell or inflate; L. flo, to blow. This word, probably is from the same root as bloom, blossom, blow, a flower; W. bloden. See Blossom.]

1. To make a current of air; to move as air; as, the wind blows. Often used with it; as, it blows a gale.
2. To pant; to puff; to breathe hard or quick. Here is Mrs. Page at the door, sweating and blowing. – Shak.
3. To breathe; as, to blow hot and cold. – L'Estrange.
4. To sound with being blown, as a horn or trumpet. – Milton.
5. To flower; to blossom; to bloom; as plants. How blows the citron grove. – Milton. To blow over, to pass away without effect; to cease or be dissipated; as, the storm or the clouds are blown over. To blow up, to rise in the air; also, to be broken and scattered by the explosion of gunpowder.