Ablast
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Blasting, making a loud noise. not-comparable
"[…] their real metier is the giddy tenth-rate circus, ablast with drums and the roaring of wild beasts, the snuffling of freaks, and the shrieking mirth of the vulgar."
- 2 Burning intensely; (of a furnace) subject to a continuous blast of hot air. (of fire) not-comparable
"So the next golden or profitable rule of the system soon suggested itself, viz. while you kept literary fire all ablast and crackling, to have a number of irons heating in it."
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More examples"[…] their real metier is the giddy tenth-rate circus, ablast with drums and the roaring of wild beasts, the snuffling of freaks, and the shrieking mirth of the vulgar."
Etymology
From a- + blast.
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