blow-me-down n OED blow v¹ 29: blow me (tight), etc, 'to curse, confound' (1835-82), O Sup² (1781-1963); BERREY blow me down, pp. 200, 749. Name given to an abrupt and isolated hill or headland rising steeply from the water and subject to sudden down-draft of wind.
    [1774] 1971 SEARY 182 Blowmedown Cove (Lane). Blow-me-down (Census 1857).1951 Nfld & Lab Pilot i, 273 Blow-me-down a hill 615 feet ... high, stands at the eastern end of a range of hills.

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