What's the difference between blowgun and sumpitan?

Blowgun


Definition:

  • (n.) A tube, as of cane or reed, sometimes twelve feet long, through which an arrow or other projectile may be impelled by the force of the breath. It is a weapon much used by certain Indians of America and the West Indies; -- called also blowpipe, and blowtube. See Sumpitan.

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  • (1) The use of lightweight darts and a blowgun was found to be useful as a supplement to longer range dart projector systems since many animals could be approached at short range.
  • (2) A radiograph showing a pin head down in the trachea or bronchus, coughing (especially with hemoptysis) in excess of that expected from just an aspirated pin, and a child hesitant to divulge the full history suggest blowgun dart aspiration.
  • (3) Animals were anesthetized by blowgun under similar circumstances that allow for determination of basal cortisol concentrations.
  • (4) In Ecuador, the Colorado Indians used N. chiguila, while the Coaiquer Indians still derive a poison from the latex of N. naga and the Cayapá Indians occasionally make use of a blowgun poison, hambi, which probably also comes from a Naucleopsis species.
  • (5) We report on two young patients with unusual airway foreign bodies: blowgun darts.

Sumpitan


Definition:

  • (n.) A kind of blowgun for discharging arrows, -- used by the savages of Borneo and adjacent islands.

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