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Blowoff or Blow(ing) off may refer to: Blowoff valve; Blow-off panel, areas with intentionally weakened structure, are used in enclosures, buildings or vehicles where a sudden overpressure may occur; Blowoff, a dance event created by musicians Richard Morel and Bob Mould; A type of extra sideshow act; A type of clown act; Hydrodynamic escape
To be blown off course in the sailing ship era meant be to diverted by unexpected winds, getting lost possibly to shipwreck or to a new destination. In the ancient world, this was especially a great danger before the maturation of the Maritime Silk Road in the Early Middle Ages, finding expression in the writing of Cosmas Indicopleustes. [1]
Lines between which the ball begins each play. The lines are parallel to and a distance in from the side lines and marked as broken lines. If a play is blown dead while the ball is between the hash marks, the ball is spotted where it is blown dead for the following play.
Part of the side of his head was blown off,” said the neighbor. Three people were found with gunshot wounds inside a Bronx home Wednesday night. Christopher Sadowski
Punty – occasionally pontil, a solid metal rod, around 5 feet long, used to hold an object being blown or hot-worked after it is removed from the blowpipe. Reticello – Italian decorative glassblowing technique. This involves the merging of two cane bubbles (one inside the other) in which the straight canes were twisted in opposite directions.
Fade: On take-off, aiming toward the breaking part of the wave, before turning sharply and surfing in the direction the wave is breaking, a maneuver to stay in the hottest or best part of the wave [2] Fins-free snap (or "fins out"): A sharp turn where the surfboard's fins slide off the top of the wave
At that point, Ray took a step backward into the wind and was nearly blown off screen. He fought his way back, but was being moved by the wind even when standing still. But rather than be blown ...
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