by-blow in English

noun
1
a side-blow not at the main target.
On the accursed spot where a house was burnt down, they never build a new one; if, in laying the ground-beam, a single spark is kindled by a by-blow , it foretells a new fire, and they look out another place to build on.
2
a man's illegitimate child.
The second hypothesis, which is more plausible, is that Helen is illegitimate - one of her debauched father's by-blows .

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1. Blowoff Green Light Green Light Go by BLOW OFF, released 23 February 2017

2. Daniel here has been giving me a blow-by-blow of this volleyball tournament.

3. 24 An interesting by-blow of this plan is the de facto emergence of the city of Wuxi as the China's IoT capitol.

4. The upsetting test of metal powder sintered preform by blow speed of the hydraulic press, crank press, pneumatic hammer and high energy rate forging hammer was reported.

5. The Best of Blowfly: Analthology 1996 Oldies But Goodies (Remastered) 1978 The Legendary Henry Stone Presents Weird World: Oldies But Goodies By Blow Fly 2004 Weird World 1971 Blowfly's Party (Remastered) 2007 The Worst of Blowfly (Remastered)

6. Bastard: 1 n the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents Synonyms: by-blow , illegitimate , illegitimate child , love child , whoreson Type of: issue , offspring , progeny the immediate descendants of a person n derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin “the architecture was a