blast (3 metaphor from the testing of cannon)
1.
to
‘split’ (the ears) with a din Ant. IV. viii. 36.
2.
to wither or fall
under a blight
Gent. I. i. 48
“blasting in the
bud,”
Lucr. 49.
3.
to burst
Ham. IV. vii. 154
“If this should blast in
proof.”
