A blast of the trumpet was the signal for a more general movement, for it announced the commencement of the ceremonies.

If only fine enough, then such dust is eminently combustible, and a blast containing it might become a veritable sheet of flame.

This may be as good a time as any to say to you, remember that a blast of cold air against the tubes is a bad thing, so be careful about your firedoor; open it as little as, possible; when you want to throw in fuel, don't open the door, and then go a rod away after a shovel of coal; and I will say here that I have seen this thing done by men who flattered themselves that they were about at the top in the matter of running an engine.

Mr. Koch informed me that we were going to cross a small river, and that the blast with which we had been regaled was a warning for the bargeman.

And the great blast of an icy wind swept upwards like something flying upon great wings, so tremendous was the force of it, whirling from the depths below, sucked upwards by the very warmth of the life above; so that the little Pilgrim herself caught at the rocks that she might not be swept again towards the top, or dashed against the stony pinnacles that stood up on every side.

His opening blast of words at Doctor Byrne was a sample of his art.