upblowing

English

Etymology 1

From upblow + -ing.

Adjective

upblowing (comparative more upblowing, superlative most upblowing)

  1. Blowing in an upward direction
    • 1864, The Evangelical Quarterly Review, volumes 15-16, page 52:
      [] the ever-changing panorama of the seasons, with the green spring, yellow summer, and the purple autumn, always rejoicing in the vales; and the white winter always, if not only, frosting the loftiest summits above them, cooling the down-flowing waters, and the upblowing winds, and imaging to the pure below the still greater purity of the regions to which they point: []

Verb

upblowing

  1. present participle and gerund of upblow

Etymology 2

From upblow + -ing or up- + blowing.

Noun

upblowing (countable and uncountable, plural upblowings)

  1. An act or instance of blowing up

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