upblowing

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, volume 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 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

Anagrams

• blowing up