upblow

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upblow

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From Middle English upblowen, equivalent to up- + blow.

verb upblows · upblowing · upblew · upblown

archaic, transitive To inflate. 1525, uncredited translator, The noble experyence of the vertuous handy warke of surgeri by Brunschwig, Hieronymus, London, Chapter 48 “Of the wounde in the brest,” […] the pacyent hath heuynes and vpblowynge in the syde […]
archaic, transitive To explode, blow up. 1666, anonymous, Song 37, in Thomas Davidson, Cantus, songs and Fancies, to three, four, or five parts, Aberdeen, Ingyniers in the trench earth, earth uprearing, Gun-powder in the mynes, Pagans upblowing.
ambitransitive, archaic To blow in an upward direction. The watry Southwinde from the seabord coste Vpblowing, doth disperse the vapour lo’ste,

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verb inflate

Deutsch	aufblasen

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@misc{upblow_2026,
  title = {upblow},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/upblow},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}