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The Baffled Knight" or "Blow Away the Morning Dew" (Roud 11, Child 112) is a traditional ballad existing in numerous variants. The first-known version was published in Thomas Ravenscroft's Deuteromelia (1609) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] with a matching tune, making this one of the few early ballads for which there is extant original music.
Among English texts, Felix's Life of Saint Guthlac relates that in order to give relief to a boy afflicted by madness, he "washed him in the water of the sacred font and, breathing into his face the breath of healing [or 'spirit of salvation'], drove away from him all the power of the evil spirit," [99] illustrating the difficulty of ...
To blow a game is to lose it after having the lead. "We had the game in hand and we blew it." To blow a pitch ("by" a batter) is to throw one so fast the batter is unable to keep up (with it). To blow a save is to lose a lead or the game after coming into the game in a "save situation". This has a technical meaning in baseball statistics.
"Blow Away", a song by Kate Bush from Never for Ever Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Blown Away .
The English made a commemorative medal saying 'He blew with His winds, and they were scattered'. The favourable winds that enabled William of Orange to invade England (while keeping opposing ships in port) [ 2 ] in 1688, when King James II was deposed in the Glorious Revolution .
Literally, the Latin afflatus means "to blow upon/toward". It was originally spelt adflatus, made up of ad (to) and flatus (blowing/breathing), the noun form of flāre (to blow). It can be taken to mean "to be blown upon" by a divine wind, like its English equivalent inspiration, which comes from inspire, meaning "to breathe/blow onto".
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
Blow (Foetus album), 2001; Blow (Ghinzu album) or the title song, 2004; Blow (Heather Nova album), 1993; Blow (Messy Marv and Berner album), 2009 Blow: Blocks and Boat Docks or the title song, by Messy Marv and Berner, 2010; Blow (Red Lorry Yellow Lorry album) or the title song, 1989; Blow (Straitjacket Fits album), 1993; Blow It! (Steve Took's ...