'Blower' definitions:

Definition of 'blower'

From: WordNet
noun
A device that produces a current of air
noun
A fan run by an electric motor [syn: electric fan, blower]
noun
Large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals [syn: cetacean, cetacean mammal, blower]

Definition of 'Blower'

From: GCIDE
  • Blower \Blow"er\, n.
  • 1. One who, or that which, blows. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A blowing out or excessive discharge of gas from a hole or fissure in a mine. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. The whale; -- so called by seamen, from the circumstance of its spouting up a column of water. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Zool.) A small fish of the Atlantic coast ({Tetrodon turgidus}); the puffer. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. A braggart, or loud talker. [Slang] --Bartlett. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'blower'

From: GCIDE
  • Puffer \Puff"er\, n.
  • 1. One who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant commendation. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at suction to bid up the price; a by-bidder. --Bouvier. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Zool.) (a) Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the species of Tetrodon and Diodon of the family Tetraodontidae; -- called also blower, puff-fish, swellfish, and globefish. They are highly poisonous due to the presence of glands containing a potent toxin, tetrodotoxin. Nevertheless they are eaten as a delicacy in Japan, being prepared by specially licensed chefs who remove the poison glands. (b) The common, or harbor, porpoise. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Dyeing) A kier. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'blower'

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