autical term for a continuance of strong gales.
(_See_ GALE.)

BLOWN COD. A split cod, half dried by exposure to the wind. _Blown_ is
also frequently applied to bloated herrings, when only partly cured.
Also, a cod-fish rises to the surface, and is easily taken, if blown. By
being hauled nearly up, and the hook breaking, it loses the power for
some time of contracting the air-bladder, and thus dies head out of
water.

BLOWN ITSELF OUT. Said of a falling gale of wind.

BLOW OFF, TO. To clear up in the clouds.

BLOW-OFF-PIPE, in a steamer, is a pipe at the foot of each boiler,
communicating with the sea, and furnished with a cock to open and shut
it.--_Blowing-off_ is the act or operation of using the blow-off-pipe to
cleanse a marine steam-engine of its brine deposit; also, to clear the
boilers of water, to lighten a ship if grounded.

BLOW-OUT. Extravagant feasting regardless of consequences.

BLOW OVER, (IT WILL). Said of a gale which is expected to pass away
quickly.

BLOW-PIPE. An engine of offence used by the Araucanians and Borneans,
and with the latter termed _sumpitan_: the poisoned arrow, _sumpit_,
will wound at the distance of 140 or more yards. The arrow is forced
through (like boys' pea-shooters) by the forcible and sudden exertion of
the lungs. A wafer can be hit at 30 yards to a certainty, and small
birds are unerringly stunned at 30 yards by pellets of clay.

BLOW THE GAFF. To reveal a secret; to expose or inform against a person.

BLOW-THROUGH VALVE. A valve admitting steam into the condenser, in order
to clear it of air and water before starting the engine.

BLOW UP, TO. To abuse angrily.

BLOW-VALVE. A valve by which the first vacuum necessary for starting a
steam-engine is produced.

BLUBBER. The layer of fat in whales between the skin and the flesh,
which is flinched or peeled off, and boiled for oil, varying from 10 to
20 inches in thickness. (_See_ SEA-BLUBBER.)

BLUBBER FORKS AND CHOPPERS. The implements with which blubber is "made
off," or cut for stowing away.

BLUBBER-GUY. A large rope stretched from the main to the fore mast head
of whalers, to which the speck-falls are attached for the operation of
flensing.

BLUE. _Till all's blue_: carried to the utmost--a phrase borrowed from
the idea of a vessel making out of port, and getting into blue
water.--_To look blue_, to be surprised, disappointed, or taken aback,
with a countenance expressive of displeasure.

BLUE-JACKETS. Th