blowball (blobal)

The downy head of the dandelion, salsify, etc., formed by the pappus after the blo om has fallen. Her treading would not bend a blade of gra , Or shake the downy blow - ball from his stalk! B. Jonson, Sad Shepherd, i. 1. blow-cock (blō'kok), n. A cock in a steam boiler by means of which the water may be partly or entirely blown out when desired. blowen (blō'en), n. [Also blov blowing; equiv. to blowe , a form of blouze, q. v.] v.] A showy, flaunting woman; a courtezan; a prostitute. Formerly also blowe and blowing. [Low slang.] blower1 (blō'èr), n. [ AS. blawere, On a lark with black-eyed Sal (his blowing ). Byron, Don Juan, xi. 19.