Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27215 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

blovvblow

Two v's (or u's) for w: vvhich → which.

Puritas changed it: 29 times in 22 works
Consistency: 100% (29 of 29)
Reach if approved: ~30 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: blow
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 29 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (29 changes in 22 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 29)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… fireth us, or rather vve having the kindling vvithin, the Devil cometh but to blovvblow on it, and stirreth that vvhich is in us, hence it cometh, that seldom …
With rule
… fireth us, or rather vve having the kindling vvithin, the Devil cometh but to blovvblow on it, and stirreth that vvhich is in us, hence it cometh, that seldom …
James Durham · Practical Exposition of the Ten Commandments · p. 451 · Open in the reader
Printed
… exactly tried, that there could be no Collusion in the Business. But as a BlovvBlow at the Apparition alvvaies hurt him, so it alvvaies help't him too; for after …
With rule
… exactly tried, that there could be no Collusion in the Business. But as a BlovvBlow at the Apparition alvvaies hurt him, so it alvvaies help't him too; for after …
Cotton Mather · Memorable Providences · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
7. To vvhom then vvould this Man reach a blovvblow [Theſe we aime at (ſayes he) in this parallel with Anabaptiſts, are the Naphtalian …
With rule
7. To vvhom then vvould this Man reach a blovvblow [Theſe we aime at (ſayes he) in this parallel with Anabaptiſts, are the Naphtalian …
James Stewart · The Peoples Right to Defend Themselves and their Covenanted Religion · p. 444 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he is so much the more to be wondred at, by how much this blovvblow was the more grieuous then all the former: in the beginning he was silēt …
With rule
… he is so much the more to be wondred at, by how much this blovvblow was the more grieuous then all the former: in the beginning he was silēt …
Theodore Beza · Job Expounded · Open in the reader
Printed
… in this vvorld. The remedie is Stabliſhing. What remedie for a ſhip when windes blovvblow? Stabliſhing. And hovv ſhall the heart be eſtabliſhed? How is the ſhip made ſure …
With rule
… in this vvorld. The remedie is Stabliſhing. What remedie for a ſhip when windes blovvblow? Stabliſhing. And hovv ſhall the heart be eſtabliſhed? How is the ſhip made ſure …
Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians · p. 119 · Open in the reader
Printed
… leaden heeles ſaith one, but iron ha…ds: and the farther he fetcheth his blovvblow, the deeper he vvill vvound, vvhen he ſtriketh. …e that hath drunke poyſon, hath …
With rule
… leaden heeles ſaith one, but iron ha…ds: and the farther he fetcheth his blovvblow, the deeper he vvill vvound, vvhen he ſtriketh. …e that hath drunke poyſon, hath …
John Trapp · Gods Love · p. 69 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it. Nothing but a Diamond vvill cut a Diamond; and nothing but Gunpovvder vvill blovvblow out ſome kinde of flame.
With rule
… it. Nothing but a Diamond vvill cut a Diamond; and nothing but Gunpovvder vvill blovvblow out ſome kinde of flame.
Richard Younge · Sin Stigmatized · p. 685 · Open in the reader
Printed
… shall avoyd the lash, therfore they vvho vvill not be persvvaded, must expect the blovvblow, and shall be sure to feele it.
With rule
… shall avoyd the lash, therfore they vvho vvill not be persvvaded, must expect the blovvblow, and shall be sure to feele it.
William Ames · Against Human Ceremonies in Gods Worship · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.