3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Puffer \Puff"er\, n.
1. One who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant
commendation.
2. One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold
at suction to bid up the price; a by-bidder. --Bouvier.
3. (Zo["o]l.)
a Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the
species of {Tetrodon} and {Diodon}; -- called also
{blower}, {puff-fish}, {swellfish}, and {globefish}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blower \Blow"er\, n.
1. One who or that which blows.
2. (Mech.) A device for producing a current of air; as:
a A metal plate temporarily placed before the upper part
of a grate or open fire.
b A machine for producing an artificial blast or current
of air by pressure, as for increasing the draft of a
furnace, ventilating a building or shaft, cleansing
gram, etc
3. A blowing out or excessive discharge of gas from a hole or
fissure in a mine.
4. The whale; -- so called by seamen, from the circumstance
of its spouting up a column of water.
5. (Zo["o]l.) A small fish of the Atlantic coast ({Tetrodon
turgidus}); the puffer.
6. A braggart, or loud talker. [Slang] --Bartlett.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
blower
n 1: a device that produces a current of air
2: a fan run by an electric motor [syn: {electric fan}]
3: a mechanical device that blows air onto a fire to make it
burn more fiercely [syn: {bellows}]
4: large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no
hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises;
narwhals [syn: {cetacean}, {cetacean mammal}]
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