Dictionary entry

Blow

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Blow (blō), v. i. [imp.Blew (blū); p. p.Blown (blōn); p. pr. & vb. n.Blowing.] [OE. blowen, AS. blōwan to blossom; akin to OS. blōjan, D. bloeijen, OHG. pluojan, MHG. blüejen, G. blühen, L. florere to flourish, OIr. blath blossom. Cf. Blow to puff, Flourish.] To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

How blows the citron grove.

Milton.