underblow

underblow
\\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ transitive verb
Etymology: under (I) + blow
: to blow (as a pipe or other wind instrument) with insufficient energy to sound the fundamental tone so that only a set of feeble high overtones is heard — compare overblow

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • underblow — noun A blow from beneath. ...as advancing nearer to the skipper he struck the extended rapier with a dexterous underblow and made it spin …   Wiktionary

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