वात्या

स्त्री० [सं०वात+य+टाप्] १. बहुत तेज चलनेवाली हवा। २. विशेषतः ४॰ से ७५ मील प्रति घंटे चलनेवाली तेज आँधी (गेल)

The blast furnaces had a rated capacity of 175 tons of pig iron a day each, but they soon averaged 250 tons a day.

Several passers-by were killed by blast