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Blowgun   /blˈoʊgˌən/   Listen
noun
Blowgun  n.  A tube, as of cane or reed, sometimes twelve feet long, through which an arrow (sometimes poisoned) or other projectile may be impelled by the force of the breath. It is a weapon much used by certain Indians of America and the West Indies; called also blowpipe, and blowtube. See Sumpitan.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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... they penetrated deeper into the savage-infested hinterlands of the Empire of the Great Nobles, that the armor fended off more than just snakes. Hardly a day passed but one or more of the men would hear the sharp spang! of a blowgun-driven dart as it slammed ineffectually against his armored back or chest. At first, some of the men wanted to charge into the surrounding forest, whence the darts came, and punish the sniping aliens, but the commander would have ...
— Despoilers of the Golden Empire • Gordon Randall Garrett



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