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A blast from beneath.

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  1. n. A blast from beneath.
  2. n. A kind of exorcism by blowing with the breath.
  3. n. A strongly forced expiration of air from the lungs.
  4. 1. A blast from beneath. [Obs.] Bacon. 2. (Eccles.) A kind of exorcism by blowing with the breath. Jer. Taylor. 3. (Physiol.) A strongly forced expiration of air from the lungs.
  5. A kind of exorcism by blowing with the breath. Jer. Taylor.
  6. n. A blast from beneath. n. A kind of exorcism by blowing with the breath. n. A strongly forced expiration of air from the lungs.