A tool that uses blown air or heat, typically for metalworking or styling hair.
From 'blow' + 'iron' (metal tool). A compound word created in craft and industrial contexts for tools that combine air pressure with heated metal.
Medieval blacksmiths used blowirons (bellows-driven heated tools) for metalwork, and the principle is the same as modern blow-dry tools for hair—just applied to different materials!
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